It seems that anti-vaccines have literally weird solutions to protect themselves from COVID-19, apart from scientifically proven drugs. We got through the hydroxychloroquine phase, endured approvals for Ivermectin, and even survived the suggestion that we should all drink bleach. Now we are faced with a new claim that could be the end of the chapter monster.
A leading anti-vaccine, who runs the “Vaccin Police” website, advocates the benefits of “urine therapy” to protect against COVID-19. For those who continue their lives happily without being aware of this treatment, urine therapy means drinking your own urine.
In a video that has since been shared on Twitter and posted to Telegram, Christopher Key says “God has given us everything we need” and claims that the “antidote” to COVID-19 is urine therapy.
Even in vaccinated individuals, urine is the solution, Keys says, claiming that numerous published papers have finally reaped the benefits of this unorthodox treatment. Of course, no specific source is given for these studies.
He then continues, noting that the research for drinking urine isn’t exactly of the quality you’d expect, “it’s hard to do a randomized, double-blind, placebo study here,” but he says we all need to “do our own research.”
Currently, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that urine therapy has beneficial effects for any cosmetic or medical problem. Urine, the content of which was defined by NASA in 1971, consists of 95 percent water with small amounts of urea, chloride, sodium, potassium and other dissolved ions.
Urine has long been touted by pseudo-scientific organizations as the cure for almost everything; The Chinese Urine Therapy Association (listed as an illegal organization) claims that urine cures cancer and even baldness, and claims that thousands of its members drink from the toilet.
In reality, the consumption of urine — especially if you’re on medication — brings back a host of toxins and pathogens into your system that your body wants to expel, and urine isn’t actually a sterile liquid. So, unless Christopher Key does some extremely serious research that finds urine to be a miraculous antidote to COVID-19, it’s safe to say: Please don’t drink your own urine. Just like you wouldn’t eat dinner out of your own trash can, imagine that the body is expelling these substances for a reason, and turn to any of the other proven protective measures against COVID-19: get vaccinated, wear a mask, or practice social distancing.
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