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Cone of light aims to cut pandemic fears by killing 99.9% of viruses with light
Far-UVC light could make sidewalks safer and plaza folks happy to gather again.
Reset
We’re all eager to look forward and imagine a time where vaccine-sated countries and states lift restrictions on the pandemic and we go on with our life . The question is, can we expect to shed our deep anxiety about that, too?
A new technology using light can help us in that regard.
Image credits: Edwin Hooper.
In the Netherlands, a design team wants to restore confidence with a cone-of-light design. This is being referred to as a “floating design” installation that emits specific light that kills viruses.
This is fine. We are fine. Everything is fine. Right?
Recently, it seems everyone I know is hitting a wall. Iâm not sure if itâs the looming one-year anniversary of being locked in our homes, or the combination of winter blues with lack of social connection, or perhaps weâre all mourning the many lost lives to covid. The reasons vary, but the truth remains: we are struggling.
Struggling looks different for different people. Some of us feel apathetic, struggling to go through our normal routine or to reach out to family or friends. Others are irritable, snapping at innocuous remarks or getting frustrated more easily. Some of us are waking up in the middle of the night, panicking about ⦠nothing. (I fall into this camp.)
Theatres and performing arts venues across the US have been closed during the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in the lost of thousands of jobs Photo: Edwin Hooper on Unsplash
Economic reports released in New York and Los Angeles this week reveal the dire impact of the coronavirus pandemic on arts employment in the US. On Thursday, the Otis College of Art and Design released its annual report on the creative economy in California, finding that every single sector saw substantial losses throughout the year, with over 175,000 jobs gone across the state in the past year, including nearly a quarter of the cultural workforce in Los Angeles. While in New York, a report from the state Comptroller’s Office found that employment in the creative fields had fallen by 66% in the past year.
Closing down the world - Covid-19 2020. Photo by Edwin Hooper on Unsplash
South Africans recoiled in horror this week as it was reported that a new variant of Covid-19 has been identified which is more virulent and infection youngsters at a high rate.
According to Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize the new variant is called 501.V2.
“This genomics team, led by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), has sequenced hundreds of samples from across the country since the beginning of the pandemic in March.
“They noticed that a particular variant has increasingly dominated the findings of the samples collected in the past two months,” Mkhize said.