I LOL'd hard watching that. Vince hasn't aged that well.
The new shamwow has some zinc thing in it to kill bacteria.
I thought I would share 😀
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I Just Watched A New Shamwow Commercial
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I LOL'd hard watching that. Vince hasn't aged that well.
The new shamwow has some zinc thing in it to kill bacteria.
I thought I would share 😀
s0me0nesmind1
Lifer
For some reason I thought Shamwow guy died. Must be thinking of the oxyclean dude.
Anyways ran into this.
Anyways ran into this.
OccamsToothbrush
Golden Member
The Shamwow guy will be dead soon if he believes zinc kills Covid.
Yeah, the Oxi-Clean dude is dead. And the Orange Glo dude. And the Ultimate Chopper dude. And the Grip Wrench dude. And the Dng King dude. And the Jupiter Jack dude. Of course that's all the same dude.
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Actually I wonder how well the shamwow material could work as a mask... We'll have to wait to see what Dr. Tam says. 😛
Captante
Lifer
shortylickens
No Lifer
thats not how zinc works.
lxskllr
No Lifer
It might. I didn't watch the video, and I don't care enough to look it up, but some metals(copper specifically) are hostile to bacteria and viruses. A zinc impregnated mask could help keep it from becoming a petri dish.
sdifox
No Lifer
ultimatebob
Lifer
Using a Shamwow as a reusable Swiffer pad seems like a decent idea, though. I wonder how many times you could reuse it before it wears out? I could see that working on linoleum or wood, but running those suckers on a tile or stone floor would rip them to pieces.
shortylickens
No Lifer
Ichinisan
Lifer
Huh? Zinc is known for virus inhibiting products. Zinc products like Cold-Eeze are not exactly snake oil (unlike vitamin-C products such as Emergen-C and Airborne).
Now I don't know if it would be effective in a mask but I don't think it's going to kill anyone either.
If I understand correctly, almost any metal destroys viruses, but even tiny amounts of mercury / copper / lead is very bad to ingest - so we have zinc products instead.
OccamsToothbrush
Golden Member
Believing you're protected against something by a magic bullet when said magic bullet is a placebo can most definitely kill. Zinc CAN work on some viruses if administered internally early enough and it does that by boosting your own immune system, NOT because it kills viruses on contact. It's the same way that penicillin works against infection if you swallow it but not if you wear socks impregnated with it. There's not a shred of evidence to suggest that a zinc mask is even one tiny bit more effective than any other mask.
shortylickens
No Lifer
Ichinisan
Lifer
How does it "boost your immune system?"
I've heard professionals say the only zinc products that are proven effective are the throat lozenges. From what I've read and heard, it helps reduce/suppress the initial viral load by directly inhibiting the virus in the throat, and that's why it only helps when taken early (slow the virus, allowing time for the immune system to get started before virus takes hold in lungs and elsewhere). This suggests it doesn't "boost the immune system," but rather impedes viruses directly.
I looked it up on Wikipedia and the hypothesis agrees with my existing notion:
"The hypothesized mechanism of action by which zinc reduces the severity and/or duration of cold symptoms is the suppression of nasal inflammation and the direct inhibition of rhinoviral receptor binding and rhinoviral replication in the nasal mucosa.[1]"
Zinc and the common cold - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Anyway, I don't think the zinc mask is going to hurt anyone. I also wouldn't expect it to help any more than a regular mask (without zinc).
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Ichinisan
Lifer
Yeah. The dose is the poison. Iodine is a necessary nutrient, but even small amounts are still toxic. It is added to salt as a supplement because they can add a safely miniscule amount and it's difficult for people to ingest too much.
Normally we shouldn't need to seek out copper to ingest. Trace amounts from the other things we eat should be enough.
Of course, too much zinc would be toxic too. Even pure water can be toxic, but water toxicity requires consuming an extreme amount.
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Fanatical Meat
Lifer
About 10 years ago I picked up two 4 packs of shamwow towels from a dollar store.
They are god damn fabulous. I still have one or two lying around. I’d say the 10 year figure is pretty accurate.
They are god damn fabulous. I still have one or two lying around. I’d say the 10 year figure is pretty accurate.
Ichinisan
Lifer
Do you say "wow" every time?
sdifox
No Lifer
Fanatical Meat
Lifer
Not every time....
They were great for drying a car after it’s washed. Worked great for cleaning the tub of our old place. Bathroom fan didn’t work that great we had to wipe tub down to keep mold from forming.
The absorbing about a quart or water then releasing it when twisted is pretty accurate
Worked real well for carpet stains too, just not as good as shown
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this seems somehow appropriate:How does it "boost your immune system?"
I've heard professionals say the only zinc products that are proven effective are the throat lozenges. From what I've read and heard, it helps reduce/suppress the initial viral load by directly inhibiting the virus in the throat, and that's why it only helps when taken early (slow the virus, allowing time for the immune system to get started before virus takes hold in lungs and elsewhere). This suggests it doesn't "boost the immune system," but rather impedes viruses directly.
I looked it up on Wikipedia and the hypothesis agrees with my existing notion:
"The hypothesized mechanism of action by which zinc reduces the severity and/or duration of cold symptoms is the suppression of nasal inflammation and the direct inhibition of rhinoviral receptor binding and rhinoviral replication in the nasal mucosa.[1]"
Zinc and the common cold - Wikipedia
Anyway, I don't think the zinc mask is going to hurt anyone. I also wouldn't expect it to help any more than a regular mask (without zinc).
Ichinisan
Lifer
"No battery" in his car, but the starter still turns 🙂
CZroe
Lifer
Pathologist James Robb is quite possibly the world's leading expert on Coronaviruses since he first described them in the '70s. Back in February he sent his colleagues a message which got leaked:
Straight from the mouth of quite possibly the world's leading Coronavirus expert.James Robb said:
All the people promoting Zinc and Vitamin C as immune system boosters are full of crap, which is why there's a lot of valid Zinc debunking going on out there. Still, it's important to understand thar Zinc DOES have a place here.
OccamsToothbrush
Golden Member
How does it "boost your immune system?"
I've heard professionals say the only zinc products that are proven effective are the throat lozenges. From what I've read and heard, it helps reduce/suppress the initial viral load by directly inhibiting the virus in the throat, and that's why it only helps when taken early (slow the virus, allowing time for the immune system to get started before virus takes hold in lungs and elsewhere). This suggests it doesn't "boost the immune system," but rather impedes viruses directly.
I looked it up on Wikipedia and the hypothesis agrees with my existing notion:
"The hypothesized mechanism of action by which zinc reduces the severity and/or duration of cold symptoms is the suppression of nasal inflammation and the direct inhibition of rhinoviral receptor binding and rhinoviral replication in the nasal mucosa.[1]"
Zinc and the common cold - Wikipedia
Anyway, I don't think the zinc mask is going to hurt anyone. I also wouldn't expect it to help any more than a regular mask (without zinc).
Look shit up yourself. Finding one sentence on Wiki that doesn't say something is not freaking research.
Zinc and immune function: the biological basis of altered resistance to infection - PubMed
Zinc is known to play a central role in the immune system, and zinc-deficient persons experience increased susceptibility to a variety of pathogens. The immunologic mechanisms whereby zinc modulates increased susceptibility to infection have been studied for several decades. It is clear that...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Zinc in Human Health: Effect of Zinc on Immune Cells - PMC
Although the essentiality of zinc for plants and animals has been known for many decades, the essentiality of zinc for humans was recognized only 40 years ago in the Middle East. The zinc-deficient patients had severe immune dysfunctions, inasmuch ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Can Supplements Fight Coronavirus (COVID-19)? 15 Immune Boosters
No supplement will cure or prevent disease, but here are 15 supplements that are known for their immune-boosting potential.
www.healthline.com
Zinc helps against infection by tapping brakes in immune response
New research suggests that zinc helps control infections by gently tapping the brakes on the immune response in a way that prevents out-of-control inflammation that can be damaging and even deadly.
www.sciencedaily.com
And you're completely wrong about the zinc mask not hurting. Any idiot who believes that shit for even one second without knowing it's all a giant bunch of shit (like you) might believe the mask offers extra protection. There's no other reason to buy a zinc mask other than the clueless belief that it's an improvement over non-zinc masks. And said person might then become complacent and take fewer precautions because of belief in the magic of the mask. WE HAVE SEEN THIS REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC. People who believe they're protected by something that turns out not to protect them wind up fucked. PAY ATTENTION.
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