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Title: Radiation dosing for Covid19
Post by: peteshonkwiler on Jul 10, 2020, 09:49

https://www.healthimaging.com/topics/molecular-imaging/covid-19-low-dose-radiation

Title: Re: Radiation dosing for Covid19
Post by: SloGlo on Jul 12, 2020, 08:00

sew, the kung flu is farley radiosensitive.

Title: Re: Radiation dosing for Covid19
Post by: Mounder on Jul 12, 2020, 11:06

Article spends no effort to explain delivery of the low energy x-rays to the infected lungs, and not being attenuated prior to reaching the intended target depth.  So the article covers no new ground.  Sorry.  We know that UV kills the airborne and surface virus.  UV is just the next slightly longer wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum. We'll ignore the ionizing/non-ionizing aspect for the moment.  If there was a medical physicist involved in the article, it would have been clearer.

Title: Re: Radiation dosing for Covid19
Post by: peteshonkwiler on Jul 12, 2020, 11:09

Quote from: Mounder on Jul 12, 2020, 11:06

Article spends no effort to explain delivery of the low energy x-rays to the infected lungs, and not being attenuated prior to reaching the intended target depth.  So the article covers no new ground.  Sorry.  We know that UV kills the airborne and surface virus.  UV is just the next slightly longer wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum. We'll ignore the ionizing/non-ionizing aspect for the moment.  If there was a medical physicist involved in the article, it would have been clearer.

UV kills, except this summer...

Title: Re: Radiation dosing for Covid19
Post by: Mounder on Jul 13, 2020, 07:44

The virus is .1 um wide. The encapsulating spit might make it .4 um wide.  Hell of a moderator!