Is that the stuff that turns you blue?
Posted on 04/23/2014 11:22:23 AM PDT by posterchild
LESS THAN A CENTURY AGO, the age-old evolutionary relationship between humans and microbes was transformed not by a gene, but by an idea. The antibiotic revolution inaugurated the era of modern medicine, trivializing once-deadly infections and paving the way for medical breakthroughs: organ transplants and chemotherapy would be impossible without the ability to eliminate harmful bacteria seemingly at will.
But perhaps every revolution contains the seeds for its own undoing, and antibiotics are no exception: antibiotic resistance—the rise of bacteria impervious to the new “cure”—has followed hard on the heels of each miracle drug. Recently, signs have arisen that the ancient relationship between humans and bacteria is ripe for another change. New drugs are scarce, but resistant bacteria are plentiful. Every year, in the United States alone, they cause two million serious illnesses and 23,000 deaths, reflected in an estimated $20 billion in additional medical costs. “For a long time, there have been newspaper stories and covers of magazines that talked about ‘The end of antibiotics, question mark,’” said one official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on PBS’s Frontline last year. “Well, now I would say you can change the title to ‘The end of antibiotics, period.’”
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It was used topically then, not ingested.
But it worked. It can now be ingested. And it is relatively cheap. Neither bacteria nor viruses care to stick around within its presence, so they never develop a tolerance for it.
Is that the stuff that turns you blue?
Colloidal silver is molecularly suspended in water and will do nothing but pass thru the body while causing bacteria and viruses to likewise remove themselves.
It has been at least 18 years since I have had a prescription for an antibiotic.
My tag line should say all that is required. . .
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