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Copper’s Virus-Killing Powers Were Known Even to the Ancients
Smithsonian Magazine ^
| 04/14/2020
| Jim Morrison
Posted on 04/16/2020 3:30:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Revel
Modern pennies are made of mostly Zinc with a copper coating. I'm not sure you should be swallowing metallic Zinc.
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04/16/2020 4:27:36 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty."/)
To: Long Jon No Silver
Pretty sure I read on FR that the Wuhan virus can survive 9 hrs on copper. What I have read is that the virus can float on the air for up to three hours, live on a surface of stainless steel or plastic for about 30 hours, but survives only 30 minutes on copper surfaces.
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posted on
04/16/2020 4:32:16 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty."/)
To: Secret Agent Man
I’ve heard of beneficial effects of copper and silver, but what does gold do? It’s fairly nonreactive.
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posted on
04/16/2020 4:33:43 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty."/)
To: DiogenesLamp
You could be right. The article posted some time ago mentioned the different longevities of the Chinola virus on different surfaces
To: Revel
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posted on
04/16/2020 4:49:11 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Secret Agent Man
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posted on
04/16/2020 4:49:58 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: DiogenesLamp
I own swallow the Indian Heads.
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posted on
04/16/2020 5:25:18 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.
The first recorded use of copper as an infection-killing agent comes from Smith's Papyrus, the oldest-known medical document in history. The information therein has been ascribed to an Egyptian doctor circa 1700 B.C. but is based on information that dates back as far as 3200 B.C. Egyptians designated the ankh symbol, representing eternal life, to denote copper in hieroglyphs.
That's weird, I didn't know Smith was a name common in ancient Egypt. Maestro?
/frenchhorns /rimshot
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posted on
04/16/2020 5:29:14 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
***That's weird, I didn't know Smith was a name common in ancient Egypt***
You may be confused because it was sometimes spelled 'Smythe'. :^D
{How tragic that Smith Bros cough drops has gone the way of all flesh!}
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posted on
04/16/2020 7:10:50 PM PDT
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
To: BenLurkin
Silver is excellent. As is gold and platinum
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posted on
04/16/2020 10:10:25 PM PDT
by
Truthoverpower
(The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
To: BenLurkin
Linoleum is antibacterial...
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04/17/2020 3:09:59 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
To: Bob Ireland
:^) They're still made I think, but it's owned by another company.
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posted on
04/17/2020 6:24:23 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
***They're still made I think, but it's owned by another company***
I have not found them on the web or in stores, nor any directions to similar. If you know of a substitute let me know. Ludens makes the licorice, but it doesn't seem quite the same; I still buy it, tho... not bad. Pine Bros is right out!
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posted on
04/17/2020 1:39:04 PM PDT
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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