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

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Post by tinus_hn » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 6:27 AM UTC

nradov wrote: post #29

tinus_hn wrote: post #21

Wasn’t there a vitamin that humans produce when exposed to UV light that seemed to make the chance of getting infected a lot smaller? But hey, that’s not expensive patented unavailable medication.

There is strong evidence that vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for severe COVID-19. However inserting a UV light in the lungs will not stimulate vitamin D production. https://vitamin-d-covid.shotwell.ca/

I sincerely doubt anyone has ever tested whether inserting a UV light in the lungs will stimulate vitamin D production.

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

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Post by listless » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 12:36 PM UTC

s1artibartfast wrote: post #64

happytoexplain wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's charitable. He was mocked (unjustly, as all presidents are), but criticized (justly) for taking simple observations (UV kills the virus, disinfectant kills the virus) and extrapolating medically in a way that the president should not do in a public statement, and that's even regardless of the sloppiness of his descriptions.

Not a Trump fan, but having previously heard of deep tissue UV treatments, I thought they were completely reasonable questions. It is interesting that so many people are divided on the president asking medical questions in the public setting.

I’ve never understood this either. There is much to not like about the guy and much to mock him for, but Trumps comments here have plenty of science behind them.

It’s stuff like this that earns the media a reputation for being elitist and cruel.

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

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Post by pucks_n_bucks » Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 1:27 PM UTC

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

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Post by lborsato » Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 1:59 AM UTC

vlovich123 wrote: post #40

rubyist5eva wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

UVA is a disinfectant now? To me it’s clear he’s listing things he’s heard and UVA and disinfectant are unrelated topics of discussion. The ridicule heaped on him was not about him mentioning things that were discussed around him. It’s that he clearly had a very weak grasp of what was being discussed and couldn’t then clearly communicate that and ended up sounding completely incompetent.

The phrase “Sunlight is the best disinfectant” exists for a reason.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181017211703.h...