[sdze]

Could you spray the filter with Lysol or another generic disinfectant every once in a while? I do that with my car filter.

[QuercusMax]

From what I understood of the article, disinfectant might not do much, because it's dead bacteria which are releasing these toxins as their cell walls rupture. Unless it's a disinfectant which turns these toxins into something less dangerous, lysol won't do much.

[outworlder]

No. Your disinfectant droplets are not going to do much to stuff embedded deep inside the filter.

Car cabin filters should be replaced too.