Since chlorine dioxide cannot be patented, it cannot be used as a cash cow for pharmaceutical companies, so, the idea that chlorine dioxide medication might be available is highly unlikely, though it could be used as part of a chemical formula. Creating hybrid formulae with chlorine dioxide has already been successful in other industries, such as in cleaning supplies, sanitizers, disinfectants, etc.
Chlorine Dioxide and COVID-19
In terms of using chlorine dioxide to defeat viruses, it surfaced as a potential weapon to ward off the threat of the Coronavirus outbreak of late 2019, which we still have not recovered from completely as it flourished into the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an April 1, 2020, clinical trial, 10 ml of 3000 ppm chlorine dioxide were added to 1 liter of water, per day. One part was taken every hour, until the content of the bottle is finished (8 to 12 shots) for one week to determination the effectiveness of oral chlorine dioxide for treating COVID 19.
Go to Jail
A family in Florida, the Grenons, began spreading the rumor that using chlorine dioxide might be an effective way to battle the Coronavirus, on July 8, 2020, the Grenon family was arrested for refusing to stop spreading the rumor, and disregard the FDA claims that chlorine dioxide was dangerous and strictly not for human consumption.
As the Grenons were safely locked away to prevent the spread of any rumors about chlorine dioxide, which they referred to as MMS, the drum of chlorine dioxide’s efficacy kept beating.
Chlorine Dioxide Before the Pandemic
In as early as January 2008, well before the pandemic, it had been determined that chlorine dioxide was an effective defendant against influenza. They cite mice testing (Webby & Webster, 2003; Webster et al., 2007) to see if it could knock out a viral influenza A virus, particularly of the H5N1 subtype. Noting the alarming prospect of a new pandemic.
Looming novel strains of influenza potentially devastating pandemics in the future (Palese, 2004) and referencing the huge number of fatalities of the 1918 pandemic (Kong et al., 2006). To date, vaccination has limited efficacy (Ge et al., 2004), so chlorine dioxide seems to be the answer.
According to the study conducted by Norio Ogata and Takashi Shibata, “ClO2 gas is effective at preventing aerosol-induced influenza virus infection in mice by denaturing viral envelope proteins at a concentration well below the permissible exposure level to humans. ClO2 gas could therefore be useful as a preventive means against influenza in places of human activity without necessitating evacuation.” (Journal of General Virology, Volume 89, Issue 1 Protective effect of low-concentration chlorine dioxide gas against influenza A virus infection).
Chlorine Dioxide Since the Pandemic
Then there are the thousands of provisional patents that have been filed and US patents applied for and granted since the Grenons were locked up, and they include,
February 2, 2021, Chlorine dioxide gel disinfection and sterilization mobile robot CN212445255U
September 8, 2021, Chlorine dioxide sustained-release product that kills coronavirus and method of manufacturing the same KR102300013B1
November 23, 2021, Process of using chlorine dioxide for the attenuation and/or treatment of Coronavirus diseases such as COVID-19 and disabling, treating or attenuating the SARS CoV-2 virus, and its future infective variants US11179415B1
December 16, 2021, Compound for the treatment of coronaviral infections WO2021249667A1
December 17, 2021, Disinfection device for mask, Mask including thereof and Manufacturing method of mask disinfection device releasing chlorine dioxide KR20210153241A
December 30, 2021, Composition for Inhibiting Binding of SARS-CoV-2 TO ACE2 Protein WO2021261020A1
Just to name a few. And there are many more, such as
August 11, 2020, Disinfection apparatus using chlorine dioxide gas KR102143655B1
February 2, 2021, Antibacterial band with refillable chlorine dioxide patch KR102210917B1
June 11, 2021, Chlorine dioxide disinfection gel and preparation method thereof CN111713490B
August 27, 2021, Chlorine dioxide atomizing device for public space disinfection CN214049906U
October 12, 2021, Solid chlorine dioxide slow-release agent CN111602669B
October 28, 2021, Pharmaceutical composition of chlorine for treatment of respiratory viral infection WO2021214536A1
January 27, 2022, Corona virus killing agent WO2022019334A1
February 3, 2022, Chlorine dioxide sustained-releasing disinfecting nano material and preparation method and use thereof US20220030872A1
February 10, 2022, Compositions and methods for prevention of viral infections and associated diseases WO2022031416A1
March 15, 2022, Ecofrendly virus sterilization device using chlorine dioxide KR102374238B1
June 27, 2022, Portable space sterilizer using chlorine dioxide gas KR102413976B1
Maybe the Grenons were onto something.
Are they still in jail?
To seek out more patent information try conducting a search on Google Patent Search where you will find over 100,000 patents have already been filed using chlorine dioxide.
“If pharmaceuticals could heal you, they would put themselves out of business.” ~Herb Roi Richards, Ph.D.
