Well, I doubt this MMS works as advertised and consuming oxidizing agents is generally bad for you, I am sure the same people taking it will just be convinced by random miracle workers/author's to drink diluted bleach instead.
What do you mean "instead"? Sodium chlorite
is a bleach. That's actually its main use aside from industrial production of chlorine dioxide. I should point out that drinking bleach is not good for your health.
People should think of it the exact same way they do drinking bleach, or taking any experimental drug.
Experimental drugs are tested on animals to make sure there are no major side effects. Although not as safe as drugs tested on humans, they are still
far safer than drinking bleach.
It might work, but no one knows, and it may kill you.
The effects of drinking bleach are well understood. They are not pretty.
On the other hand it may do nothing and just be a waste of your money.
If only. At least homoeopaths have the decency to dilute their poisons to safe (ie, non-existent) levels. I'll say it once more, just in case people aren't getting it:
MMS IS A DEADLY POISON. DO NOT DRINK OR INHALE THIS SUBSTANCE IF YOU WANT TO LIVE.Actually, if you know what AZT does, how viruses propagate, and how cancer works, the comparison makes sense. DNA analogs will interfere with both processes, as will oxidizing agents.
They affect these processes in completely different ways. There is no similarity between AZT (which is a proven HIV treatment) and oxidising agents (which are not).
With regards to MMS, I can think of many reasonable ways it could work. It could oxidize membrane proteins/lipids, thus interfering with viral shedding. It could oxidize viral coat proteins, thus interfering with viral transfer. It could damage cells, leading to a TH2 mediated immune response and sensitization to viral/cancer proteins you were formally non-allergic to.
Problem: industrial bleach is pretty non-discriminatory in what it oxidises. It kills
everything, not just cancer and viruses.
The point stands though, that the same people taking this will also just go buy Doc D's "Miracle bleach mixer" instead. It is a waste of money for the government to go after this.
The promoters of MMS are killing unsuspecting people by telling them deadly poisons are actually miracle cures. Going after killers is waste of government money?
Perhaps these psuedoscientist's should be sued instead. I'm not sure why this does not happen more often.
Probably because most psuedoscientists promote things that are mostly harmless, rather than industrial chemicals. Do you seriously not understand how dangerous MMS is? Literally every person who has taken MMS as directed has been seriously sickened, and at least one person has died as a direct result.
THIS IS NOT JUST SOME HARMLESS NONSENSE. PEOPLE ARE DYING.