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Contra Binder on far-UVC and filtration

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Contra Binder on far-UVC and filtration
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Damon Binder recently

wrote
up an argument for prioritizing air filtration over

far-UVC for pathogen control:








UVC and filtration are close substitutes—both deliver effective air
changes per hour, both reduce airborne pathogen concentrations by the
same amount per eACH—and on current pricing, filtration is cheaper.






There's a lot of good stuff in his analysis, but I see [1] three
considerations that really change the bottom line:




Cost is actually much lower.

Noise is a serio

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