you guys continue to waste time on this. YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED.

World markets rally as swine flu fears diminish
World markets rally as swine flu fears diminish, better than expected US economic data

* Pan Pylas, AP Business Writer
* On Wednesday April 29, 2009, 5:43 am EDT

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LONDON (AP) -- World stock markets rallied Wednesday after better-than-expected U.S. data fueled hopes that the world's largest economy was showing tentative signs a recovery is imminent and fears faded -- for now -- over the economic impact of a possible swine flu pandemic.

After two days of declines, the main Asian and European markets posted broad-based gains, with airline stocks -- slammed in recent days amid worries about the disease's toll on travel -- up sharply.

I have known and been told all my life that your body gets a fever to fight off infection, that is not a new theory.

This reminds me on a little story i have heard about The fastfood industry
more specific "Jack in the box".

What they did was serving whole cows just rapidly produced and
disinfected with UV-light.
The tricky thing was they didn't concern enough to clean the dirty excrements from the cattle out of their intestine and were processed into a blender. So when u were served a hamburger it was total harmless burger, but it was still excrements which were served mixed with the meat.

If it kills bacteria it might probably allso have a damaging effect on other living creatures.
An overdose UV arouses cancer , and gives your skin a red rash.

Disinfecting purpose it might have its cause.
Killing the bacteria , but consider that there has to be a balance.
The ozone layer blocks most of the uv light, their is probable a connection with life and the quantity uv on this planet.

And how long would it take to disinfect, kill a flu bacteria.
My concern is that when an infected persons coughs when you are talking and u sniph the bacteria up the uv light can't do that much damage to it.

How long can bacteria's ans viruses survive without a host?
Can it float in the air, can it travel trough water?

This reminds me on a little story i have heard about The fastfood industry
more specific "Jack in the box".

What they did was serving whole cows just rapidly produced and
disinfected with UV-light.
The tricky thing was they didn't concern enough to clean the dirty excrements from the cattle out of their intestine and were processed into a blender. So when u were served a hamburger it was total harmless burger, but it was still excrements which were served mixed with the meat.

If it kills bacteria it might probably allso have a damaging effect on other living creatures.
An overdose UV arouses cancer , and gives your skin a red rash.

Disinfecting purpose it might have its cause.
Killing the bacteria , but consider that there has to be a balance.
The ozone layer blocks most of the uv light, their is probable a connection with life and the quantity uv on this planet.

And how long would it take to disinfect, kill a flu bacteria.
My concern is that when an infected persons coughs when you are talking and u sniph the bacteria up the uv light can't do that much damage to it.

How long can bacteria's ans viruses survive without a host?
Can it float in the air, can it travel trough water?

Nice theory but you have it a bit backwards. UV light kills viruses in the atmosphere, not in the human body. It doesn't spread as easily in the summer because it spreads via airborne particles, which are more easily destroyed by UV light in the summer.

But by all means go outside anyway, its definitely good for you!

I live in NE Pennsylvania, and one year my Dad caught some awful cold/flu right at the end of our dark, dreary, and freezing cold October, a day before our trip to Florida. Coughing, sneezing, runny nose, fever, aching, a mess. We thought of cancelling, but he's an ex-military man - therefore pretty tough We arrived in Orlando on a Saturday night. He sat in the sun all day Sunday by a pool (85-90 degrees, bright sun) and by Monday afternoon he was completely cured of whatever virus he had. No medication, no herbal treatments, no vitamins, just drank a little extra water. So yeah, I believe in the power of the Sun and its UV rays. Matter of fact, my family's believe is "sunlight kills germs."

I feel the need to comment on this thread as a second year med science student (translation: I'm well on the way to being the guy that researches vaccines etc)

One poster I've seen has already mentioned the benefits of Vitamin D in relation to the immune system. Components of sunlight including UV are important factors in stimulating Vitamin D production. Vitamin D is also responsible in large for regulating calcium and phosphorous activity in your body.

The OP's theory that spending time in a tanning bed will provide you some sort of defense against bacteria/viruses is nothing short of ludicrous. UV spectrum is both absorbed by the upper layers of your skin, and reflected. This is a certain wavelength of light ladies and gents, not a chemical that may be absorbed in to the blood stream. This is why long exposure to UV will lead to burns of the skin, not to tissue deeper inside of you. Once infected, you are infected well beyond the reach of UV radiation.

Now, whilst it is true that ultraviolet radiation can damage, disable and destroy viruses I must also point out that because the radiation is only felt by the upper layers of skin that it will have no curing or vaccinating properties. There have been studies done on the curing properties of UV, and perhaps the most compelling to date is the expedition of recovery by UV treatment of herpes related outbreaks. Note here however, that the active virus exists in the upper dermal layers. This will not provide a full cure, since the virus is also embedded in much deeper tissues.

Side note: I might also like to point out the difference between a virus and bacteria. Viruses are neither alive, nor dead. They hold a rather peculiar place as they are unable to replicate on their own, yet once introduced to a host they replicate more or less freely.
Bacteria on the otherhand are very much alive. There are many seperate types of bacteria, more than I can or will go in to in a single post, however they respond differently to UV for different reasons than a virus.
If you wish to make an intelligent argument do not confuse the two of them, else you will look the fool.

To the OP: You have provided postfodder. Please complete intelligent research in the future, not all your answers may be found on google. If you really wish to begin drawing practical and intelligent conclusions please try looking at peer reviewed scholarly articles rather than half baked news sources.

[edit on 30-4-2009 by anakaine]

[edit on 30-4-2009 by anakaine]

Originally posted by anakaine
The OP's theory that spending time in a tanning bed will provide you some sort of defense against bacteria/viruses is nothing short of ludicrous.

Actually my theory was based around the FACT that sweat from your body may carry the virus. While laying in the Sun, or in a tanning bed, you will sweat. Once the sweat reaches the surface of your skin, it is then in contact with the UV light. UV light is in FACT known to purify water from viruses.

My theory was also based around knowledge about the healing powers of solar radiation. It is ludicrous to think the Sun only emits visible light, and other light in the spectrum, when in fact the Sun is emitting multiple types of radiation, including radiation that has not yet been detected or measured by scientists.

Do you know anything about neutrinos? I don't think so.

Originally posted by anakaine
To the OP: You have provided postfodder. Please complete intelligent research in the future, not all your answers may be found on google. If you really wish to begin drawing practical and intelligent conclusions please try looking at peer reviewed scholarly articles rather than half baked news sources.

Maybe you should have read the title of my thread first.

The Cure? The Future?

Notice the question marks. The point of this thread was to stimulate ideas of curing the flu with UV light. It was also aimed at retaining more information, and maybe uncovering information for the FUTURE.

Everything that you blindly parroted in your post above, I have already read about on the internet believe it or not. So your post is much more ludicrous than mine.

Viruses need a host, because viruses need energy to survive. Of course, too much of anything is harmful. Not only for you, but, for viruses as well.



[edit on 30-4-2009 by ALLis0NE]

Many thanks for sharing this theory, I find it very interesting and in some part true.
Maybe because I survive with solar power system.

Cheers Gabby.