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Germicidal UV could make airborne diseases as rare as those carried by water

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118 points venkii | 2 comments | 22 Sep 25 21:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.439s | source
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mriet ◴[23 Sep 25 08:12 UTC] No.45344210[source]▶
Idiotic and massively overlooks/underestimates how complex biology is.

What about beneficial and neutral but important bacteria and viruses? "Air" is actually a complex soup of all types of things. This like applying HCl to a skin infection.

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bondarchuk ◴[23 Sep 25 08:47 UTC] No.45344446[source]▶
I doubt it would be a problem for the microbiome [1] but I would worry about the immune system. Would being inside in sterilized air all the time mean you can't go outside or into a forest without getting really sick?

[1] but who am I, it would still be worthwhile to check obviously

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1. LorenPechtel ◴[23 Sep 25 21:26 UTC] No.45352958[source]▶
That's not how the immune system works. Practice lets it learn how to fight specific bugs, it doesn't make it stronger overall.
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2. bondarchuk ◴[25 Sep 25 10:13 UTC] No.45371135[source]▶
I did not mean to imply at all that the immune system works like that.