Instead of just getting vaccinated, anti-vaxxers are drinking iodine antiseptic

[C C]

https://www.salon.com/2021/09/29/instead...ntiseptic/

EXCERPTS: Another ineffective treatment for COVID-19 is being promoted in anti-vaccine and science-skeptical circles. First there was hydroxychloroquine, then ivermectin; now, according to multiple reports, some Americans are gargling and/or ingesting the iodine-based liquid Betadine to prevent COVID-19 — instead of getting vaccinated.

Betadine is the brand name for povidone-iodine, an amber-colored liquid typically sold as a 10% solution as an antiseptic for cleaning wounds and skin. A 0.5% solution is sold as a gargle for sore throats, but the manufacturer cautions people not to swallow it. Recently, the manufacturer warned consumers not to consume Betadine to treat COVID-19, or rely on it as a form of treatment.

"Betadine Antiseptic First Aid products have not been approved to treat coronavirus," reads a statement on the manufacturer's website. "Products should only be used to help prevent infection in minor cuts, scrapes and burns. Betadine Antiseptic products have not been demonstrated to be effective for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19 or any other viruses."

Depending on which type of Betadine one ingests, side effects can range from stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, extreme thirst, being unable to urinate to diarrhea, vomiting, and burning a person's gastrointestinal tract.

As mentioned, there isn't sound scientific evidence that Betadine would treat or prevent COVID-19. [...] Like many myths about COVID-19 drugs, the idea that Betadine is a viable treatment grew from shaky scientific evidence and was perpetuated by seemingly authoritative figures on social media.

[...] "Potassium iodine, for example, is a form that, if enough is ingested, it can cause some really severe gastrointestinal issues," Scott Schaeffer, managing director of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information, told the Oklahoman. "Betadine and those type of products are very low in concentration. If a person were to get a pure form of iodine, like the potassium iodine, it could potentially cause pretty significant burns in the mouth, the throat, the esophagus. The last thing you want to do is burn a hole in the stomach or the esophagus." (MORE - missing details)

[Syne]

Yet there's a whole host of articles on PubMed for povidone iodine as a prophylactic for COVID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33747261/
And JAMA Network: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoto...le/2775984
There's also many other such sources searching "iodine covid."

So since this article, nor one from Rolling Stone (or others citing it), don't seem to mention any of these medical papers, this just seems like another political attack line.

[Zinjanthropos]

I wonder if the same people would visit a medieval barbershop for a bloodletting to cure their ails? Maybe they’re descended from ancestors who once did. If there was an injected drug that prevented erectile dysfunction we wouldn’t have to worry about men not taking it. Pardon my ignorance ….. same goes for women if afflicted similarly but can’t remember what it’s called, I think it’s clitoral atrophy, don’t take my word for it.

[Syne]

Again, plenty of medical papers on the benefits of using iodine as a nasal spray or gargle to kill COVID in the airways, before you can spread it by exhalation. If those medical papers are "medieval," perhaps you should let those medical journals know about it.

[Zinjanthropos]

Again, plenty of medical papers on the benefits of using iodine as a nasal spray or gargle to kill COVID in the airways, before you can spread it by exhalation. If those medical papers are "medieval," perhaps you should let those medical journals know about it.

Won't be around when that's necessary. Who knows what the medical profession will say about the era of vaccines in a couple hundred years or so?

[Magical Realist]

If a person were to get a pure form of iodine, like the potassium iodine, it could potentially cause pretty significant burns in the mouth, the throat, the esophagus. The last thing you want to do is burn a hole in the stomach or the esophagus." (MORE - missing details)

Nuff said! lol

[Leigha]

I’ve read that the “viral load” in the nose of an unvaccinated person isn’t that much different than that of a vaccinated one. But, this sounds like it’s not without its risks, too.

My concern with all of these “findings” related to Covid, is that maybe the medical community just wasn’t honest with how to handle this virus, and jumped the gun by creating a vaccine to combat only what they thought they knew.

[Syne]

I’ve read that the “viral load” in the nose of an unvaccinated person isn’t that much different than that of a vaccinated one. But, this sounds like it’s not without its risks, too.

Yeah, I saw that same study about viral load being the same between vaxxed and unvaxxed. The iodine just needs to be used properly, as outlined in the studies on its use.