Attendees of the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s ApeFest concert have reported experiencing extreme eye pain, prompting some of them to visit the hospital.
“To all my friends who are suffering from it right now, get your eyes checked. Your eyes are probably literally burned by UV like I did, which requires medications, eye drops, eye protection, antibiotics and specialist care,” one wrote. participant. “Do not ignore this health hazard. Without proper treatment, it can cause long-term vision loss and other serious damage.”
Similar tweets abound, with at least one suggesting the symptoms were the result of photokeratitis. Photokeratitis is similar to sunburn of the cornea of your eyes due to excessive exposure to UV radiation.
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Twitter users have hypothesized that the lighting used during ApeFest was high-powered UV-C lights intended for surface disinfection, rather than blacklights. In 2017, attendees at a Hypebeast event in Hong Kong experienced similar symptoms that they attributed to the use of UV-C lamps. The cause of the symptoms experienced by ApeFest attendees has not been confirmed, Bored Ape creator Yuga Labs told Declutter that it was still investigating.
“We are aware of the situation and are taking it seriously,” a Yuga Labs spokesperson said Declutter. “We are actively contacting those affected. We are also conducting multiple lines of investigation to determine the cause. Based on our estimates, the fifteen people we’ve communicated directly with so far represent fewer people. than one percent of the approximately 2,250 visitors and employees of our event on Saturday evening.”
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ApeFest is a three-day event for members of the Bored Ape Yacht Club community, one of the better known non-fungible tokens (NFT) projects in the crypto space. Not only can owners of the collection admire an image of a gorilla with a crown, for example, the NFT also gives the holder access to exclusive events.
The floor price–or the cheapest you can buy an NFT for–for a bored monkey today is 28 ETHor $53,000.
Edited by Stephen Graves