Hundreds of scientific studies over the past century have proven the disinfectant efficacy of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI or UV-C) energy, having first inactivated viruses and other microbes on surfaces in 1877, in water in 1910 and in air in 1935.
As I sit writing this column, it has been almost exactly one year since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic and states started implementing lockdowns and stay-at-home orders.