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 ====== Ultraviolent Light and SARS-CoV-2 ======
-Generally speaking, [[:ultraviolet light]] (UV light) is not a [[virus]]'s best friend.
+Generally speaking, [[:ultraviolet light]] (UV light) is a [[:virus]]'s worst enemy.
+By May, 2020, technologists were looking for ways to use UV light as treatment to eliminate SARS-CoV-2 from hosts.((May 16, 2020 | Daily Sabah | [[https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/turkish-ray-therapy-for-coronavirus-due-for-us-tests/news/amp?__twitter_impression=true|Turkish ray therapy for coronavirus due for US tests]])) [[:Columbia University]] researchers were investigating safe ways to use short-range UV to prevent airborne spread of [[:coronavirus]] and [[:influenza]].((Columbia.edu | [[https://www.crr.columbia.edu/research/using-power-light-preventing-airborne-spread-coronavirus-and-influenza-virus|Using the Power of Light: Preventing the Airborne Spread of Coronavirus and Influenza Virus]]))
+===== Controversy and Propaganda =====
+==== Aytu BioScience ====
+https://finance.yahoo.com/news/aytu-bioscience-signs-exclusive-global-120000824.html
+https://aytubio.com/healight/
+https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/26/pharmaceutical-firm-aytu-bioscience-testing-uv-lig/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwAR03kErX7eVfxwzrY6ZUzfoqXJJtPFtY75sMXqV87Is3MNJhoBge8BKwLjo
+==== Historical Usage/Attempts at UV disinfectant ====
+=== Excimer Technology ===
+Excimer lamps emit UV at specific frequencies. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excimer_lamp|Excimer Lamp at Wikipedia]].
+Excimer Lasers direct UV light for specific purposes in medical technology.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excimer_laser|Excimer Lasers at Wikipedia]]
+=== UV Blood Irradiation ===
+https://riordanclinic.org/what-we-do/ultraviolet-blood-irradiation/?fbclid=IwAR0j_YBWcxBNtunSRVVxvpkEqLHMTeb4nhmichaKKAme8aqkzQIy-0Pkdvo
+https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122858/?fbclid=IwAR2_k5HeEdMQBkdo26qzrRTsy2ouufVFzsBmZQMLzkciGSjFvwXQdIqEZKE
+==== Slow Rolling the "Discovery" ====
+  * Apr 29, 2022 - FINALLY: PROFESSORS AND MEDIA TOUT POWERFUL COVID-KILLING TECHNOLOGY((April 29, 2022 | Heartland Institute | [[https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/finally-professors-and-media-tout-powerful-covid-killing-technology|FINALLY: PROFESSORS AND MEDIA TOUT POWERFUL COVID-KILLING TECHNOLOGY]]))
+===== Link Dump to Sort =====
+https://news.columbia.edu/ultraviolet-technology-virus-covid-19-UV-light?fbclid=IwAR08qZKihJZAH3mvUdLkj6NAoEKhjZN-yoy3mpH4GpiA5OpGSyczV3xdP2Y
+https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200327-can-you-kill-coronavirus-with-uv-light?fbclid=IwAR3VyePkeT2mrRyXYcNDMt3l0CH5rIF3oitPhZhFptEJquD_U3z7LGpu1vw