Mastodawn

gittaca Feb 14, 2023

#Vaccine & #UVC question with premises:

1. Many classical vaccines are based on _inactivated_ pathogens, right?
2. Germicidal UV inactivates airborne pathogens, right?

Ergo, wouldn't breathing UVC-sterilised air be somewhat of a passive, continuous, mucosal vaccination opportunity?

Asked bird-side as well: https://n.l5.ca/search?f=tweets&q=from%3Agittaca+UVC&since=&until=&near=

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Jonathan

@gittaca "inactivated" is a vague term that means different things in these two contexts, so the assumption that a virus irradiated with UV light is interchangeable with a virus inactivated via selection/modification for negligible virulence is a false one, generally speaking.