<story><title>Can you kill coronavirus with UV light?</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200327-can-you-kill-coronavirus-with-uv-light</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ebg13</author><text>Yes AND, despite the mongering in this article, UVC wavelengths below 222nm have been found to be safe to mammalian skin.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC5552051&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC5552051&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;journals.plos.org&amp;#x2F;plosone&amp;#x2F;article?id=10.1371&amp;#x2F;journal.pone.0201259&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;journals.plos.org&amp;#x2F;plosone&amp;#x2F;article?id=10.1371&amp;#x2F;journal...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jiofih</author><text>From the linked paper:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; the effect of chronic irradiation with a high dose of 222-nm UVC to mammalian cells has not been determined&lt;p&gt;Please be careful in announcing new truths based on your interpretation of a couple papers. That’s not how science is done.</text></comment>
<story><title>Can you kill coronavirus with UV light?</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200327-can-you-kill-coronavirus-with-uv-light</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ebg13</author><text>Yes AND, despite the mongering in this article, UVC wavelengths below 222nm have been found to be safe to mammalian skin.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC5552051&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC5552051&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;journals.plos.org&amp;#x2F;plosone&amp;#x2F;article?id=10.1371&amp;#x2F;journal.pone.0201259&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;journals.plos.org&amp;#x2F;plosone&amp;#x2F;article?id=10.1371&amp;#x2F;journal...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>boomboomsubban</author><text>The tests on the SARS virus used 254nm wavelengths, which deactivated the virus in fifteen minutes. Your sources both say that that length causes severe damage, and both only tested 222nm&amp;#x27;s ability to kill bacteria. A conclusive &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; would need testing done on a virus with the 222nm length.</text></comment>