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packman

(16,296 posts)
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 01:22 PM Oct 2021

The hell with that horse dewormer - Now, they should explore getting scorpion stings

Deadly scorpion venom could help defeat new COVID variants

Scorpion venom may hold the key to stopping the coronavirus pandemic, a new study reveals. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen say the potentially fatal toxins the animals produce can help scientists create a “fascinating cocktail” which destroys germs — such as COVID-19’s grow list of new variants.

Animal venom has been an ingredient in traditional medicines across the world. These potent neurotoxins — which can kill other animals and even humans — also have antibacterial and antiviral properties too.

https://www.studyfinds.org/scorpion-ven


om-covid-variants/

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The hell with that horse dewormer - Now, they should explore getting scorpion stings (Original Post) packman Oct 2021 OP
Let the internet geniuses do their own research on this. A few stings won't hurt much Walleye Oct 2021 #1
MO BROOKS gets the first sting! n/t Eyeball_Kid Oct 2021 #2
I hear sticking your finger in a 220 outlet w wet, bare feet does the trick. Ligyron Oct 2021 #3
Ha! Now we just need Grokenstein Oct 2021 #10
bwahaha! Ligyron Oct 2021 #12
Ivermectin is just SO last month. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2021 #4
That's so antiquated. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #6
No, leave the rust on! Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #9
Silly....Arsenic is the real cure. Nevilledog Oct 2021 #5
And some good ol' fashioned poisonous snake handling -- Praise Jezus!!! Blue Owl Oct 2021 #7
I give it 3 days, at most, before we see our first GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #8
Such vile creatures ... hate those fuckers ... Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #11
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Ligyron

(7,632 posts)
3. I hear sticking your finger in a 220 outlet w wet, bare feet does the trick.
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 01:25 PM
Oct 2021

many people are saying this…

Fries those little viruses dead in no time.

Grokenstein

(5,723 posts)
10. Ha! Now we just need
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 02:20 PM
Oct 2021

Michelle Obama to go on television and oppose it, and the continental US will stink of burning back hair for days as the national I.Q. skyrockets overnight.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,175 posts)
4. Ivermectin is just SO last month.
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 01:30 PM
Oct 2021

And hydroxychloroquine is now banished to "huh?" territory.

Attention, Internet/Faux Doctors: The latest upcoming Covid treatment is... Leeches.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
6. That's so antiquated.
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 01:37 PM
Oct 2021

The modern approach to bloodletting is a nice barber's straight razor. Try to wipe the worst of the rust off first.

Nevilledog

(51,104 posts)
5. Silly....Arsenic is the real cure.
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 01:35 PM
Oct 2021

Fact: nobody who takes a generous dose of arsenic will ever be sick again.

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)
8. I give it 3 days, at most, before we see our first
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 01:45 PM
Oct 2021

"Person hospitalized with scorpion sting to cure COVID-19" story.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
11. Such vile creatures ... hate those fuckers ...
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 02:46 PM
Oct 2021

I do however find it really trippy they're more closely related to spiders than they are to crabs. Wonder if scientists miscast them as crustaceans for a long time? Guessing they probably did.

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