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Propolis is a natural substance produced by bees and sold as an alternative remedy to treat inflammation or sores. It has been certified for sale in Indonesia since 2018 as a traditional medicine and health supplement by the country's food and drugs regulator.
We asked Dr Faheem Younus, who is head of infectious diseases at the University of Maryland in the US and tackles health myths on his Twitter handle. about the claims you can prevent Covid this way.
He says the term "immunity booster" is very general, and there's no evidence these substances work against Covid. We've also seen claims being shared on social media around using other natural remedies against Covid in Indonesia. For example, there have been suggestions that you should drink or inhale cajeput oil, a plant-derived oil usually used to treat skin irritations, to prevent coronavirus.
When confronting SARS‑CoV‑2, the drugs in question — darapladib, which currently treats atherosclerosis; the cancer drug Flumatinib; and an HIV medicine — don’t target the spike protein. Rather, they target one of two other proteins: the envelope protein and the 3a protein. These proteins — especially the envelope protein — hardly change between variants, and even between diseases from the coronavirus family. As such, drugs that target them are likely to remain effective in spite of mutations, Arkin said.
originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: HawkEyi
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When confronting SARS‑CoV‑2, the drugs in question — darapladib, which currently treats atherosclerosis; the cancer drug Flumatinib; and an HIV medicine — don’t target the spike protein. Rather, they target one of two other proteins: the envelope protein and the 3a protein. These proteins — especially the envelope protein — hardly change between variants, and even between diseases from the coronavirus family. As such, drugs that target them are likely to remain effective in spite of mutations, Arkin said.
Now, if they will let us use them.
originally posted by: PerfectAnomoly
a reply to: incoserv
Only "unproven" in so far as we don't know the long term effects... Saying that, it's been a good seven months since the first person in the UK had the jab, and she's fine...
All normal trials carried out with all other vaccines were carried out for these vaccines... There were no short cuts, just a compressed schedule of trials...
So, in summary, they are as proven as all other vaccines were at this stage...
You know, the one's that eradicated Small pox, polio, HPV, RV, MPV, Rubella... the list goes on...
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