Play stupid games.... Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT event attendees get severe UV burns!

[thewayne]

My mind boggles.

Apparently someone installed the wrong kind of ultraviolet lights to light up the stage at an expo for Bored Ape Yacht Club in Hong Kong last weekend and a number of people experienced severe sun burn and EYE DAMAGE. I mean, I experience eye damage looking at Bored Ape NFTs, apparently this was much worse to the point of people being unable to see! Most sought treatment at local hospitals and I guess didn't require hospitalization, the article is pretty short. The organizers say that less than 1% of attendees and workers were affected.

So that's the new line: NFTs cause blindness and skin cancer!

Frankly, I'm amazed that there would be enough people to attend such an event, much less in Hong Kong.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/bored-ape-nft-event-attendees-report-severe-eye-burn/ar-AA1jsZ2x

UPDATE: the people who set up the lights installed UV-C lights which are used to sterilize ENTIRE ROOMS. Sounds like they used the same people who measured the track for the Pan Olympics Games.

Comments

[richardf8]

They must have had a bunch left over from Covid.

Pro Tip: The UV-C bulbs are kept with the N95s and hand sanitizer. The UV-A bulbs are kept with the Strawberry Alarm Clock posters and bongs.

Try not to mix them up.

[kaishin108]

That is horrible! I hope someone sues the crap out of that lighting company. Unbelievable. Yes, same people as the track measuring!

[disneydream06]

WOW...
Can people in China sue? :o
Hugs, Jon

[moonhare]

I worked at a screen printing operation and we cured our coated screens with UV. Luckily the room this was done in was probably the only OSHA compliant one in the building :D

[silveradept]

That's the kind of thing where someone starts including a rider requiring a bowl of blue-sorted M&Ms for someone just to make sure that everything is listened to and checked over for safety. UV-C is not something you want someone to have regular exposure to.