I'm afraid you are causing the confusion; Dr. Becker was not researching
CS, and made no claims about it other than mentioning his own use of
iontophoretically induced silver ions to heal a bacterial bone
infection. Since then he has done some other work involving forms of
silver and healing/regeneration, but it is not a subject discussed in The
Body Electric, and not at all what you attribute to him.
Furthermore, CS has been tested in vivo as well as in vitro against some
virii fungi and molds and proven to be effective. Anecdotal evidence
supports its effectiveness in respiratory infections of a viral
nature. The body's reactions to viral and bacterial respiratory insults
are typically very different, easily distinguished.
At 01:28 AM 12/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
From: Heidrun Beer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>West Nile Virus
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I thought the C/S is killing bacteria? Is it effective against
viruses too?
Not to the best of my knowledge. CS seems to eliminate the side effects of
bacteria that are caused by viruses (such as bronchitis or pneumonia) but
not the virus itself. I think a guy named Robert O Becker claimed that CS
killed 650 different pathogens in his book "The Body Electric". Were they
viruses, bacteria or just his best guess? He didn't say. This may have
caused a lot of confusion.
I would like to submit the idea that people who take CS and don't get colds
(myself included) still get the virus, they just don't know it. The CS
kills the bacteria caused by the virus. There are no bacteria fighting the
white blood cells and putting toxins in the lymphatic system causing a herx
syndrome (fever, muscle ache, headache, etc).
Bacteria are not caused by viruses, nor are they likely to bloom because of
a viral presence - at least not until the virus causes sufficient tissue
degradation. . . .
I have seen lots of testimonials about what CS can do, but I haven't seen
any real studies that show that it lowers or eliminates PCR viral loads.
Keep looking, they're there; but why "PCR" ??? that is a technique for
multiplying the protein scraps present in a sample to make them easier to
detect; if enough of the supposedly significant indicator scraps are
present in a sample it is assumed - depending upon the circumstances - to
imply a particular pathogen is present.
Bleach will kill viruses in a petrie dish but what is that worth?
A clean petrie dish?
