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Sxubastoday at 3:35 AM1 replyview on HN

Can it be dangerous to use uv as it can cause mutations in pathogens potentially making them evolve even faster?

I assume the kind of uv used must be fatal, but is there a chance that a tiny percentage makes it?


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awakeasleeptoday at 3:55 AM

Sunlight is the biggest UV source and at the scales we’re talking, manmade disinfectants would not register