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Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by ceejayoz »

rubyist5eva wrote: post #31
vlovich123 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Sounds interesting — right and then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning?

You’re leaving out so much context I can’t believe you are acting in good faith. Full quote: "A question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposedly we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it. And then I said suppo…

Since you're concerned with context, they'd previously been discussing actual disinfectant. The slide is pictured in the BBC's coverage: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177

> "COMMONLY AVAILALBLE DISINFECTANTS (Bleach & Isopropyl Alcohol) work to kill the virus"

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by throwawaymedia »

mercy_dude wrote: post #7

Not to start a political off topic war, but the then sitting president of the US was heavily mocked for suggesting treatment options with UV be evaluated. [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/health/sunlight-coronavir...

When I worked at a news company as a software engineer, at some point in time I was given editorial permissions. On that day I was told not to write anything negative about Dems. Ad revenue.

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by hammock »

angelzen wrote: post #28
mercy_dude wrote: post #7

Not to start a political off topic war, but the then sitting president of the US was heavily mocked for suggesting treatment options with UV be evaluated. [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/health/sunlight-coronavir...

The root of the criticism is that a sitting president wields a lot or authority and is not supposed to tout experimental treatments. The actual media spectacle we've got though...

>The root of the criticism is that a sitting president wields a lot or authority and is not supposed to tout experimental treatments.

I hope the irony of this is not lost on readers.

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by hammock »

ceejayoz wrote: post #35
adflux wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, same thing with calling ivermectin horse medicine instead of representing it accurately, a nobel prize winning medicine of which billions of doses have been safely administred to humans. Good journalism is hard to find nowadays. But journalism infested with politics is worse, and so widespread nowadays.

> a nobel prize winning medicine For treating parasites . Give a heart transplant to a kid with a cold and you'll get yelled at, too, despite it being a wonderful procedure to have in our medical quiver.

And Viagra is for treating high blood pressure.

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by hammock »

h2odragon wrote: post #2

Lung sunburn! Pardon me while i go scream for a minnit on that thought. I'd rather smoke oak again. Once unsquicked; it sounds like it might be a little better than ventilator damage and is a lot easier to control so that "burn" shouldn't actually happen. To kick off the flamewar: is discussing any treatment but vaccines still == "spreading anti-vax misinformation"?

>Lung sunburn! Pardon me while i go scream for a minnit on that thought.

Ever thought about chemo or radiation therapy?

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by uncoder0 »

hammock wrote: post #43
angelzen wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The root of the criticism is that a sitting president wields a lot or authority and is not supposed to tout experimental treatments. The actual media spectacle we've got though...

>The root of the criticism is that a sitting president wields a lot or authority and is not supposed to tout experimental treatments. I hope the irony of this is not lost on readers.

"Boosters for all Americans" -Sitting President "Boosters only for people at high risk and/or over 65" -FDA a couple days later

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by adflux »

ceejayoz wrote: post #35
adflux wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, same thing with calling ivermectin horse medicine instead of representing it accurately, a nobel prize winning medicine of which billions of doses have been safely administred to humans. Good journalism is hard to find nowadays. But journalism infested with politics is worse, and so widespread nowadays.

> a nobel prize winning medicine For treating parasites . Give a heart transplant to a kid with a cold and you'll get yelled at, too, despite it being a wonderful procedure to have in our medical quiver.

It's the intentional misrepresentation of facts which I am referring to. I have no problems with journalists writing science backed articles about using ivermectin for treating covid19. I have problems with journalists intentionally calling it horse dewormer as if that is only what it is.

So your analogy really doesn't make sense here.

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by ceejayoz »

adflux wrote: post #47
ceejayoz wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> a nobel prize winning medicine For treating parasites . Give a heart transplant to a kid with a cold and you'll get yelled at, too, despite it being a wonderful procedure to have in our medical quiver.

It's the intentional misrepresentation of facts which I am referring to. I have no problems with journalists writing science backed articles about using ivermectin for treating covid19. I have problems with journalists intentionally calling it horse dewormer as if that is only what it is. So your analogy really doesn't make sense here.

I'm noting that calling it "Nobel Prize winning medicine" is just as technically accurate and potentially misleading as calling it "horse dewormer". You're doing the same thing you're complaining about.

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by ceejayoz »

hammock wrote: post #44
ceejayoz wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> a nobel prize winning medicine For treating parasites . Give a heart transplant to a kid with a cold and you'll get yelled at, too, despite it being a wonderful procedure to have in our medical quiver.

And Viagra is for treating high blood pressure.

No, Viagra is clinically tested and FDA approved specifically for erectile dysfunction.

Re: Harnessing the benefits of UVA light treatment in Covid-19 patients

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Post by throwaway0a5e »

ceejayoz wrote: post #49
hammock wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Viagra is for treating high blood pressure.

No, Viagra is clinically tested and FDA approved specifically for erectile dysfunction.

And it also happens to lower blood pressure which is the condition it was originally developed to treat. So if you have high but not "give this dud an Rx" high blood pressure, want Viagra and your doctor is a bro...
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