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willis936today at 5:09 PM3 repliesview on HN

It's not a coincidence that this miracle is only being done on animals, where the legal protections of medicine are less.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionized_jewelry


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dkuraltoday at 5:23 PM

Copper is a well known antimicrobial and copper paint is used on ship hulls as an anti-fouling layer.

nomeltoday at 6:00 PM

"Contact killing" is real [1]. A copper ring will definitely kill some bacteria/virus on the skin immediately near where they touch. Related, most copper solutions are considered hazardous waste.

[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3067274/

cinntailetoday at 6:02 PM

Yes, penguin conservationists do this to scam the penguins... You didn't really think that one through did you.