Yes David, it does seem to be a matter or semantics. Like I said no where does Goodman and Gilman, in their standard reference The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, refer to an agent as "virucidal". The term is just not used in reference to anti-viral agents. Period.
When I said I stand by my statement it was of course with the thought in mind that the popular use of the word "kill" does not technically apply to viruses. Yet I am communicating with, for the most part, non-technical types, or those accustomed to speaking in common every day language. Of course I realize that we are splitting hairs on this whole topic. If it works, it works. If it does not we move on to something else. My experience is that it works for me. And that it is supported by the scientific literature. Why some people are hung up on proof that is not required of any other anti-viral agent is beyond me. And why I must be the one to demonstrate that their nomenclature is not accurate, their demands excessive and their attitudes less than conducive to discussion is beyond me. Most interestested in this question would have done an exhaustive literature search and discovered for themselves the issue of semantics that this whole discussion hinges on. Garnet On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 20:14, David Bearrow wrote: > At 11:43 AM 5/21/04, you wrote: > >I stated that DMSO kills viruses. I stand by that statement. > > > >Garnet > > Since a virus technically is not "alive" it cannot be killed. The way I see > viri is that they are messed up genetic programs. The cell they reprogram > is alive but the virus is not. Sorry for the semantics. :) > > David Bearrow > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
