Explaining Copper’s unique properties
The reason COPPER HAS LETHAL ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION
A Simple Explanation
-
The loosely attached single copper valence electron, flies off to bombard the virus
-
this penetrates the cell membrane that protects the virus
-
it then destroys its DNA & RNA
-
the virus just ‘EXPLODES’and cannot replicate
A more Detailed Explanation ​
-
A copper atom has a single very unstable outer electron, which circles the nucleus.
-
This valence electron, is loosely attached to the central proton and nucleus.
-
This flies off, attacking surrounding viruses at nearly the speed of light.
-
These are similar to tiny lightning discharges, and it is this property that gives copper its lethal action.
-
It simply destroys the microbes that are in contact, or even near contact with it, so rapidly that they cannot replicate.
-
Therefore, no resistant strains can, or ever will, occur.
​
A Copper atom with single unstable outer valence electron
The reasons why Copper has Antimicrobial Action and a Halo Effect
Copper is Antimicrobial. This means, it kills all microbes, Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Algae, Protozoa, Mycoplasma and everything in between.
In fact, anything that does not contain hemoglobin (red blood cells) is susceptible.
The Antimicrobial action of copper is not due to the mass of metal, but is a surface and thickness phenomenon. The thinner the metal the greater the lethal effect. This, is not what one would expect. By using micro fine copper flakes to make our powder, we get the extra benefit and power from the vast surface area and the very thin flakes, giving the greatest lethal results.
Copper has a ‘Halo’ effect. Here a thin sheet of foil is more powerful than a thick sheet of metal. The thinner the foil the greater the electronic ‘Cloud’ that hovers over its surface. This is due to the fact that it does not have the mass attraction to hold the outer electrons closer to the foil. This is where the ‘Halo’ effect comes from. The microbes do not need to be touching the metal, just near it, to be killed. This property has been measured to extend up to 2 meters away. The lethal action just takes a little longer to take place.
VIRUSX is a specially formulated super fine, copper rich powder that has antimicrobial properties to sterilize and protect against respiratory infections such as Colds, Flu and Covid-19
Special super fine Copper powder has other complimentary properties as well. This is why we use this stabilized powder for VirusX.
Insist on VirusX, the Original.
The report of Prof LMT Dicks of Stellenbosch University on tests done when the product was called ‘DermTx’.
We had to change the name to ‘Golden Medic’ from which VirusX is formulated.
He ends: - “The killing ability of DermTx a micro powder was beyond expectations.”
Snippets taken from an article 'Copper’s Virus-Killing Powers Were Known Even to the Ancients' by Jim Morrison SMITHSONIANMAG.COM APRIL 14, 2020
​
The Science
Keevil, a microbiology researcher at the University of Southampton (U.K.), has studied the antimicrobial effects of copper for more than two decades. He has watched in his laboratory as the simple metal slew one bad bug after another. He began with the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's Disease and then turned to drug-resistant killer infections like Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). He tested viruses that caused worldwide health scares such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and the Swine Flu (H1N1) pandemic of 2009. In each case, copper contact killed the pathogen within minutes. "It just blew it apart," he says.
In 2015, Keevil turned his attention to Coronavirus 229E, a relative of the COVID-19 virus that causes the common cold and pneumonia. Once again, copper zapped the virus within minutes while it remained infectious for five days on surfaces such as stainless steel or glass.
Ancient Knowledge
Keevil’s work is a modern confirmation of an ancient remedy. For thousands of years, long before they knew about germs or viruses, people have known of copper’s disinfectant powers. "Copper is truly a gift from Mother Nature in that the human race has been using it for over eight millennia," says Michael G. Schmidt, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina who researches copper in healthcare settings.
What the ancients knew, modern scientists and organizations such as the Environmental Protection Agency have confirmed. The EPA has registered about 400 copper surfaces as antimicrobial. But how exactly does it work?
Heavy metals including gold and silver are antibacterial, but copper’s specific atomic makeup gives it extra killing power, Keevil says. Copper has a free electron in its outer orbital shell of electrons that easily takes part in oxidation-reduction reactions (which also makes the metal a good conductor). As a result, Schmidt says, it becomes a “molecular oxygen grenade.” Silver and gold don’t have the free electron, so they are less reactive.
Copper kills in other ways as well, according to Keevil, who has published papers on the effect. When a microbe lands on copper, ions blast the pathogen like an onslaught of missiles, preventing cell respiration and punching holes in the cell membrane or viral coating and creating free radicals that accelerate the kill, especially on dry surfaces. Most importantly, the ions seek and destroy the DNA and RNA inside a bacteria or virus, preventing the mutations that create drug-resistant superbugs. “The properties never wear off, even if it tarnishes,” Schmidt says.
See the full article at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/copper-virus-kill-180974655/
Extract from the article by Ashley Laderer on Mar 25 2020.
'Brand new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that copper can be effective against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the corona virus pandemic. The study showed that after four hours, the virus was no longer infectious on copper's surface. In comparison, corona virus was still infectious on plastic surfaces after 72 hours. '
