This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic
Low-wavelength light between 200 and 230 nanometers is germicidal. It destroys viruses and bacteria, but it doesn’t appear to hurt multicellular organisms because it’s absorbed by proteins. Preliminary studies suggest even high exposures to this kind of light are safe. If we were to install these low-wavelength lights indoors, continuously and at a... See more
Asterisk Magazine Issue 01 Inaugural Issue
Why did the SARS-1 outbreak die out after its extraordinary opening act—featuring rapid global spread, many super-spreader events, and rising alarm—whereas the SARS-2 outbreak did not? It was not just that there was somehow a more efficient public health response in 2003. After all, SARS-1 spread to many countries and it did so in many places, from
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