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Sciences: FAKE NEWS | PSEUDOCIENCIAS | MMS | CDS | COVID-19 1 | No medicine

The uncontrollable advance of COVID-19 has led to the search for an efficient drug for the treatment of severe patients and an effective vaccine against this disease so far this year. For weeks information appeared (‘‘) on drugs with very auspicious initial results, but whose effectiveness could not be confirmed over time.

Under these circumstances, in several countries – including Peru – voices are beginning to be heard that indicate the existence of an efficient solution: chlorine dioxide or CDS.

The problem is that this substance derives from another, known as miraculous mineral supplement or MMS. They are both made from bleach (chlorine) and there is no evidence to prove its effectiveness for ailments that claim to heal (including COVID-19). Furthermore, they are prohibited by the health authorities of various countries.

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NON-MIRACULOUS SOLUTION

The MMS – in addition to a miracle mineral supplement, it is given other similar names – It has been going around for many years, especially in Europe.

It is a 28% solution of sodium chlorite in distilled water. Its promoters assure that consuming it can cure osteoarthritis, diabetes, irritable colon, insulin resistance, psoriasis, eczema, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, ulcers, cancer, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, migraines, varicose veins, diabetic foot, infections, asthma, sinusitis, allergies, flu, hepatitis, leukemia, AIDS and other conditions.

It all started about twenty years ago with James Humble, a former Scientology member, who then founded his own church of health and healing, started promoting MMS saying it could cure many diseases. Years later, a Chicago real estate agent, Kerri Rivera, suggested that the solution could cure autism. Many started consuming it and promoting the product. The US Poison Control Centers have received more than 16 thousand poisoning cases attributed to the consumption of this solution in the last five years, 50 of them life-threatening and there have been eight deaths“Explained the doctor Elmer Huerta.

NO CURE YET

During the pandemic, a video went quite viral. A man named Andreas Kalcker ensures that the CDS was effective against COVID-19. “It is a CDS solution that is produced from the MMS, everyone can do it at home […] we have been able to see that after two days with chlorine dioxide there is a total remission of the symptoms [del COVID-19]“He points out.

Kalcker, Bachelor of Economics and Doctor of Biophysics in Alternative Health, is one of the staunchest promoters of the CDS. He says he has done studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of this substance in other diseases. Now, he ensures that this solution has the ability to cure COVID-19.

Sodium chlorite is diluted in water and mixed with a mild acid (lemon, for example), to generate chlorine dioxide. According to its followers, it has a powerful disinfecting effect that destroys bacteria and pathogens, protects cells and strengthens the immune system. But there is no scientific evidence to support such information.

[El clorito de sodio] It has a series of compounds similar to disinfectants and bleach. It can be used to clean surfaces, but it will not help you in personal use on the body because it is toxic. That is not the way. There are also some people who say that we should gargle with certain products, but that doesn’t work either. Gargling does not kill the virus [SARS-CoV-2], even less when compounds that are not viricides are used”Alfonso Zavaleta, a pharmacology doctor and professor at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, explained to this newspaper.

The Mexican epidemiologist Daniel Pérez assured AFP Factual that chlorine dioxide it is an effective agent to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but only on surfaces or in water.

Sodium chlorite and sodium dioxide are very corrosive. Chlorite, when placed on healthy skin, produces chemical burns. Inhaling, injecting or consuming them can cause health damage, not to mention ingesting it because they can cause poisoning.“He warned.

MORE DATA

  • Last year, in which it ensures that MMS and CDS represent a serious risk to health.
  • Authorities from the USA, Canada, Spain and several other countries have banned its use as a medicine.
  • On June 12 , head of the COVID-19 Command in Ayacucho, for promoting the consumption of CDS against this disease.
  • In Ecuador, a group of doctors claim to have a study confirming the efficacy of using CDS to cure COVID-19. However, the research is endorsed by a notary public but not published in a scientific journal for peer review.

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