Oh boy... Brazilian viper venom shows promise as drug to combat COVID-19

[ck4829]

Brazilian scientists have discovered that a native viper’s venom can be used as a drug to help combat COVID-19, Reuters reported.

In the scientific journal Molecules, scientists shared results from a study on monkey cells showing that a molecule from a Brazilian jararacussu pit viper can inhibit the virus’s ability to multiply by 75 percent.

A molecule in the venom can connect to the enzyme of the virus, PLPro, which is vital to the reproduction of the virus, according to Reuters.

The discovery also sparked some concerns. Herpetologist Giuseppe Puorto said that he worries about people traveling around the country trying to be cured by the viper’s venom.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/570466-brazilian-viper-venom-shows-promise-as-drug-to-combat

"What the doctors and the libs don't want you to know about viper venom..." in 3, 2, 1...

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Maybe this is better than horse de-wormer.

[RockRaven]

2. Hey MAGAts, you should know that rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and copperheads are all

pit vipers too..... But conveniently found in the USA.

Do with that information what you will.

[gratuitous]

6. Truly amazing the lengths some folks go to

Anything to avoid getting a FREE vaccination against a debilitating and possibly lethal virus. I can hear the lecture hall 50 years from now: "So Professor, you're saying that in the initial wave of the Covid pandemic in 2020 more than half a million people died in the United States?" "Right." "And then they came up with three different vaccines in record time." "Uh huh." "And with three vaccines readily available, administered all over the country for free, and they were overwhelmed again in 2021?" "Yup." "Get the fuck out!"

[d_b]

3. MAGATs fixing to get bit in the ass

To own the libs

[Journeyman]

4. And some say "Snake Oil Salesmen" have gone out of business . . .

[underpants]

5. Okay then let's go to Walgreens.... No! I've got a better idea

Get the snake stick and meet me outside

[lagomorph777]

7. So you can choose to get vaccinated, or be tossed in the snake pit.

[Carlitos Brigante]

8. Next on The Joe Rogan Experience; "I'm just asking questions. Could Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighting

vipers be the answer? And why aren't the pharmaceuticals letting this information get out?!! What if we added some DMT to the mix?.... just asking.....".

[zuul]

9. Let the snake-handling begin!

[struggle4progress]

10. "Why take a dangerous vaccine when you could try brazilian pit viper venom?

What have you got to lose?"

[Xoan]

11. Shoot. It. Up.

Morons.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. Jesus. I WISH a scientific education were required to write articles about scientific matters.

"scientists shared results from a study on monkey cells" is in NO WAY the same thing as "Brazilian scientists have discovered that a native viper’s venom can be used as a drug to help combat COVID-19."

Not even monkeys. Monkey cells . . .

[Volaris]

13. Yep there will be a run on rattlesnake venom...

you KNEW they'd get around to taking Snake Oil eventually..

[Wicked Blue]

14. Is this the Onion? nt

[jeffreyi]

15. Soon to be endangered, no doubt.

[bullwinkle428]

16. Make snake-handling great again.