Study Finds Cannabinoids Prevent COVID-19 Infection (forbes.com) 280
MachineShedFred shares a report from Forbes: Compounds in cannabis can prevent infection from the virus that causes Covid-19 by blocking its entry into cells, according to a study published this week by researchers affiliated with Oregon State University. A report on the research, "Cannabinoids Block Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV-2 and the Emerging Variants," was published online on Monday by the Journal of Natural Products. The researchers found that two cannabinoid acids commonly found in hemp varietals of cannabis, cannabigerolic acid, or CBGA, and cannabidiolic acid, also known as CBDA, can bind to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. By binding to the spike protein, the compounds can prevent the virus from entering cells and causing infection, potentially offering new avenues to prevent and treat the disease.
"Orally bioavailable and with a long history of safe human use, these cannabinoids, isolated or in hemp extracts, have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2," the researchers wrote in an abstract of the study. The study was led by Richard van Breemen, a researcher with Oregon State's Global Hemp Innovation Center in the College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, in collaboration with scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University. Van Breeman said that the cannabinoids studied are common and readily available. "These cannabinoid acids are abundant in hemp and in many hemp extracts," van Breemen said, as quoted by local media. "They are not controlled substances like THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and have a good safety profile in humans."
Van Breemen added that CBDA and CBGA blocked the action of emerging variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, saying that "our research showed the hemp compounds were equally effective against variants of SARS-CoV-2, including variant B.1.1.7, which was first detected in the United Kingdom, and variant B.1.351, first detected in South Africa." [...] Although further research is needed, van Breemen noted that study shows the cannabinoids could be developed into drugs to prevent or treat Covid-19. CBDA and CBGA are produced by the hemp plant as precursors to CBD and CBG, which are familiar to many consumers. However, they are different from the acids and are not contained in hemp products." Van Breeman also noted that the research showed the cannabinoids were effective against new variants of the virus, which he said are "one of the primary concerns" in the pandemic for health officials and clinicians.
UPDATE (1/14): Slate points out that "working in a petri dish is a relatively low bar for a drug to clear," Slate points out.
"The conventional wisdom in pharmaceutical sciences holds that, of every 10,000 drugs that shows potential effectiveness, only one will make it to market."
"Orally bioavailable and with a long history of safe human use, these cannabinoids, isolated or in hemp extracts, have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2," the researchers wrote in an abstract of the study. The study was led by Richard van Breemen, a researcher with Oregon State's Global Hemp Innovation Center in the College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, in collaboration with scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University. Van Breeman said that the cannabinoids studied are common and readily available. "These cannabinoid acids are abundant in hemp and in many hemp extracts," van Breemen said, as quoted by local media. "They are not controlled substances like THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and have a good safety profile in humans."
Van Breemen added that CBDA and CBGA blocked the action of emerging variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, saying that "our research showed the hemp compounds were equally effective against variants of SARS-CoV-2, including variant B.1.1.7, which was first detected in the United Kingdom, and variant B.1.351, first detected in South Africa." [...] Although further research is needed, van Breemen noted that study shows the cannabinoids could be developed into drugs to prevent or treat Covid-19. CBDA and CBGA are produced by the hemp plant as precursors to CBD and CBG, which are familiar to many consumers. However, they are different from the acids and are not contained in hemp products." Van Breeman also noted that the research showed the cannabinoids were effective against new variants of the virus, which he said are "one of the primary concerns" in the pandemic for health officials and clinicians.
UPDATE (1/14): Slate points out that "working in a petri dish is a relatively low bar for a drug to clear," Slate points out.
"The conventional wisdom in pharmaceutical sciences holds that, of every 10,000 drugs that shows potential effectiveness, only one will make it to market."
Oblig XKCD (Score:5, Insightful)
https://xkcd.com/1217/ [xkcd.com]
Remember when research also said the same thing about hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, and how neither of those proved to actually be of any practical use as a prophylactic or treatment?
Even if the study is correct in its conclusions, there's a world of difference between laboratory research and clinical effectiveness.
=Smidge=
Re: Oblig XKCD (Score:2)
Crystal meth too! It's sooo effective against pretty much all viruses!
Re: (Score:2)
Crystal meth too! It's sooo effective against pretty much all viruses!
Let’s not forget about shotguns. They have been proven to kill covid-19 in laboratory research and clinical trials. Also as bonus no one needs to deal with those patients anymore.
Re: (Score:3, Interesting)
Remember when research also said the same thing about hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, and how neither of those proved to actually be of any practical use as a prophylactic or treatment?
No, actually. The biggest proponents of those substances seemed to be of certain political group. Now even Dear Leader is booed for suggesting people take the vaccine that he took credit for creating. https://www.nbcnews.com/politi... [nbcnews.com]
Re:Oblig XKCD (Score:5, Interesting)
> No, actually
Both substances had preliminary studies suggesting they might be useful for combating COVID, just like this story's article about cannabinoids. However that "certain political group" you mentioned decided to go all in before anyone followed up with, like, actual clinical trials to see if they really would have any effect.
Turns out neither of them have any effect meaningful enough to be worth the risk of side effects in a clinical environment.
Now CBD oil is gonna be the next craze among the "anything-but-the-vaccine" crowd. I'm thinking if it has any effect on decreasing infections at all, it'll be because everyone will be self-isolating due to being too stoned to leave the house.
=Smidge=
Re: Oblig XKCD (Score:4, Informative)
CBD oil isn't going to get you, me or anyone of any age stoned.
Chill Out (Score:5, Funny)
Now CBD oil is gonna be the next craze among the "anything-but-the-vaccine" crowd.
Hey, maybe they'll go all in on weed instead. Then maybe they'll chill the fuck out and just get the damn shots.
Re: Chill Out (Score:3)
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:3)
CBD isn't psychoactive, which is why it's legal over-the-counter in many (if not all) states where THC compounds are still illegal or highly regulated. Do you even know what you're talking about?
Re: (Score:2)
I guess if you don't define "research" and "preliminary studies" then this claim could be made for anything. In the earliest days there was some consideration that HCQ might be helpful but this was quickly shot down. You can assert that this could be considered "research" or "preliminary study" but it was not.
"However that "certain political group" you mentioned decided to go all in before anyone followed up with, like, actual clinical trials to see if they really would have any effect."
This is also disin
Re: (Score:2)
the effectiveness of THC (or THC-A) was not studied because they could not get a license to study controlled substances
also, this study was at the 'put it in the petri dish and see what happens' level and says very little about what would happen in the human body
Re: (Score:2)
Just do the study in a jurisdiction like Canada where you don't need a license
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
Well, there clearly need to be more studies for it to be convincing, but OTOH the downsides seem pretty mild. Of course one would need to experiment with various ways of applying the doses, to see which felt like it was most effective. That could occupy quite a bit of time quite pleasantly.
Re: (Score:2)
Remember when research also said the same thing about hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, and how neither of those proved to actually be of any practical use as a prophylactic or treatment?
You are confusing absence of evidence with evidence of absence. The FDA believes there is insufficient evidence to draw this conclusion with respect to Ivermectin.
https://www.covid19treatmentgu... [nih.gov]
Re: (Score:2)
"Remember when research also said the same thing about hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, and how neither of those proved to actually be of any practical use as a prophylactic or treatment?"
I don't care.
I live in the EU and I get 60 grams of medical grass a month for free from my government, (Sciatica) I will smoke it even if it doesn't help against Corona.
Re: (Score:2)
I didn't follow the link, but I assume it's the one about the green jelly beans. That one is definitely correct. And it doesn't matter whether it's one group analying the data, or lots of different groups collecting data independently and each analyzing it in their preferred way.
Any you know what? That's how it's supposed to work. One group reports success with green jelly beans. Then other groups look at the data, run larger studies, filter them through different filters, and see if the signal is stil
Re: (Score:2)
It's actually not the jelly beans. It's (paraphrased) "lots of things will kill stuff in petri dishes"
Re:Oblig XKCD (Score:5, Insightful)
The way XKCD has become politicized with left wing media talking points in the last decade or so is really disappointing.
Has XKCD started advocating for a fully centrally-planned economy, or is it just another case of "reality has a well-known liberal bias"?
Re: (Score:2)
Left wing includes uncentralized co-ops and such. Credit Unions are an example of socialism.
Re: (Score:2)
True, though progressivism seems awfully regressive compared to the general peasant morality of the 1150s.
Re: (Score:3)
Re: (Score:2)
The left wing is against anything their campaign contributors tell them to be against. All Communism is just crony capitalism in disguise.
Re:Oblig XKCD (Score:4, Funny)
Not at all like the right wing media who are fully capable of criticizing Donald Trump for his mistakes, and who have never once labeled any loyal Republican politician as a RINO. Modern right wing media is all about inclusiveness and a big tent of broad ideas and does not have any small minded talking heads. It's refreshing to see Ted Cruz telling Tucker Carlson "thank you for letting me say what I think was the truth about Jan 6th without forcing me to come back to you and grovel for forgiveness."
Woah, I must have taken too much anti-covid cannabis to have written that, let me have a lie down...
Re: (Score:2)
And so the canceling starts early....because anything that threatens big Pharma must be met with with a FUD first post.
Skepticism isn't FUD. HCQ seemed useful at first and then it was found that the virus had an affinity that HCQ could not address. We went through the whole process and HCQ turned out not to be useful. That's how one conducts science. Ivermectin goes about a different process and the process that was purposed was one that usually doesn't end well in clinical studies. So many felt that since many times over that mode of operation isn't useful, that with SARS-CoV-2 it was likely to also be ineffective. A
Re: (Score:2)
Or... OR... I'm advocating that we do proper clinical trials to find out if it actually works like these researchers suggest that it might, validate the proposed mechanisms, and evaluate the effectiveness, before we recommend everyone plan a trip to the nearest dispensary.
You know, actually give science a chance to do its thing?
But no, clearly any amount of skepticism or caution must be motivated by BIG PHARMA if it involves your favorite recreational drug, right? Fucking hell, dude, you're just as bad as t
Re: (Score:2)
Your mistake is thinking that they need an excuse to smoke pot.
They do not.
Re: (Score:2)
Except you weren't. And such trials have not really been done since the late 1990s, when crony capitalism destroyed science.
So, I suppose you own Pfizer stock?
You're being rediculous (Score:3)
You're being ridiculous. A bit of skepticism towards something that hasnt at all been proven is healthy and should not be considered a Right or a Left thing.
At least in the case of CBD oil though it's more or less impossible to take too much unlike horse de-wormer so the twits who are willing to take anything but the vaccine (including unproven remedies) wont contribute to the clogging of our hospitals with this one.
Re: (Score:2)
It's more like "not enough skepticism" than "a bit of skepticism". The difference between science and crony capitalist pseudoscience lies in between.
Re: (Score:2)
XKCD is based on science and logic. Perhaps it’s you who has shifted views? I mean Ronald Reagan would be called a leftist by the current day party. Can you imagine a republican saying this today?
“I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally,"
From a 1984 speech.
Re: (Score:2)
XKCD is based on science and logic.
LOL! No. It's like the big bang theory. It's for people who want to be smart people. But it has nothing to do with science and logic. Randell himself has some serious problems with basic science.
I mean Ronald Reagan would be called a leftist by the current day party. Can you imagine a republican saying this today?
Sick, isn't it? As vile as Regan was, his own party would run him out as a "socialist" if he were alive (and not senile) today.
Re: (Score:2)
XKCD hasn't been based on science and logic since 2020 [xkcd.com]
Re: (Score:3)
You know who makes that goat paste? "Big Pharma". You know who makes that hydroxychloroquine? "Big Pharma". You know who's studying whether there's anything worthwhile in weed? "Big Pharma".
Yeah, this is a big threat to "Big Pharma".
Re: (Score:2)
Yes, but vaccines that don't work and that you can sell repeatedly once every 3 months as a "booster" are way more profitable than a couple of old medicines whose patents expired in the 1940s.
Re: (Score:2)
You can grow CBDA producing hemp in your back yard. You don't need anybody to "manufacture" vegetables.
Re: (Score:2)
XKCD stopped having a reality bias The day that Randall went overtly political [xkcd.com]. Since then, every cartoon needs to be viewed with the same rose-tinted progressive lens to make sense.
Re: (Score:2)
Re:Oblig XKCD (Score:5, Informative)
In Vivo: In microbiology, in vivo is often used to refer to experimentation done in a whole organism, rather than in live isolated cells
Your link: Conclusion Chloroquine is effective in preventing the spread of SARS CoV in cell culture
Get your lies out of here
Re: (Score:3)
What happened in Japan with ivermectin? nobody is using it. Nearly universal mask use and a cultural background of basic social distancing measures even before the pandemic have kept the cases low.
Re: (Score:3)
Several billion people have taken Ivermectin. It's absolutely safe for humans.
Is it efficacious as a treatment for COVID 19?
I have no idea, but further study would seem in order given what happened in Africa and Japan.
Ivermectin is being used as a dewormer. Not an anti-viral.
It's an R-Restricted (RX-restricted in the US) medication because it has a list of side effects as long as your arm. So you cant get it without a prescription in developed or even most developing countries.
We really tend not to hand out Ivermectin these days because of the side effects and we have better anti-nematodes to prescribe. This means the stuff you bought online isn't made for a human. It'll be either canine or equine dewormer. You'd w
Re: (Score:2)
So what, the same old tired studies from the same quacks and a pre-clinical study on tolerance? A preclinical study that showed that most of the dosage levels they tried caused "severe pulmonary damage". Also, it was for an aerosol whereas it notes that other ways of taking ivermectin are not effective. But most people taking ivermectin for covid are not taking an aerosol.
Where do you come up with this garbage? What you're presenting is just a smokescreen intended to fool the gullible. It's just unclear if
Re: (Score:3)
So, science isn't welcome?
Science is welcome. Dishonest distortions of the results are not.
Did you not see the second NIH study I linked, where they determined what are safe levels?
??? Can you read? That was the study I specifically criticized (not the study itself, just your bizarre interpretation of it). It's a pre-clinical study to determine safe levels. Most of the dosages they tried caused "severe pulmonary damage", only very low levels worked. That study draws absolutely no conclusions on whether the non-fatal, non-severely dangerous low levels have any effect on the virus in vivo. It doesn't matter if it's "safe"
Re: (Score:3)
And who decides what a scientific argument is, and what a "distortion" is.
YOU? Who're YOU? You're simply another rando on the internet with a bad take and someone else's opinion.
That argument seems a bit pointless. The poster I responded to is certainly no expert. Why would their opinion be worth more than mine? Basically you're saying that posters on a web-based forum on a site for nerds are not definitive authorities... Well, duh!
Re: (Score:2, Troll)
This is slashdot, an anti-crypto / pro-communist propaganda site. Stop trolling us with reproducible studies based on scientific principles, we don't take kindly to that here!
(someone follow-up with a horse/goat/sheep paste comment like a rube, to complete this thread)
What a load of rubbish (Score:5, Funny)
Anecdote (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Anecdote (Score:5, Interesting)
They specifically call out the "A" variants of these chemicals. Example CBDA. When you smoke (decarb) you convert CBDA to CBD vastly limiting the amount of CBDA that reaches your body.
So I'd expect smoking to cannabis to have no positive effect on covid besides feeling pretty good.
Re: (Score:2)
Just remember, everyone that ever died from an infection also had an immune system.
Re: (Score:3)
Re: (Score:2)
From the label on a package of flower I have:
Total THC 28.62%
THA-A: 31.33% THC; 1.10%
CBD-A: 0.00% CBD: 0.00%
CBG-A: 0.88% CBG: 0.06%
From a package of edibles:
Per "serving": THC 10mg CBD 0mg
They don't list anything else...except chocolate....delicious milk chocolate...makes it tempting to eat the whole package at once, but don't.
So not a lot of CB[DG]-A to begin with. Or CBGB (I ain't got time for that now).
The edibles come in an Indica, a Sativa and a Hybrid version, but if they're only extracting the THC I
Re: (Score:2)
"(I grew up on a livestock farm and consistently suffer far milder symptoms than my peers when the seasonal flu comes round every year, I'm in my mid 30s)"
You suffer from a seasonal flu every year, are in your mid 30s, yet think you have a strong immune system? I'm not sure how you determine "far milder symptoms" or how you are qualitied to determine that, but I would have to say that, although I am close to twice your age, I suffer far less from the flu than you do, yet I would never assert the superiorit
Brace for it (Score:2)
Uh huh (Score:4, Funny)
Re: Uh huh (Score:2)
Oh wow, COVID too? (Score:2)
Remember when they said weed kills cancer? Weed, it's the answer to everything!
But uh, man, uh, what was the question again?
Re: Oh wow, COVID too? (Score:3)
what do you get if you multiply six by nine
Re: Oh wow, COVID too? (Score:3)
Uh... you uh... uh... never mind... Great job lad. Keep up practicing math.
Re: Oh wow, COVID too? (Score:4, Funny)
Uh... you uh... uh... never mind... Great job lad. Keep up practicing math.
You do realize 6 x 9 = 42 in base 13 right?
Re: (Score:2)
In Vivo or In Vitro? (Score:2)
They didn't say whether this was in a test tube or they actually did clinical studies in humans. There were some allusions but nothing definite. They need to say outright.
Re: (Score:2)
Munchies?
MUNCHIES!!!
Interesting but it seems to be preliminary (Score:3)
My body my choice (Score:2)
Why does cannabis not fall under the republican slogan of "my body my choice"?
Re: My body my choice (Score:2)
Interesting that you chose Slavery and Civil Rights, both of which the Republican party is on the right side of history.
Maybe a little more time reading US history and a little less posting on /.
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:3)
Interesting that you chose Slavery and Civil Rights, both of which the Republican party is on the right side of history.
Maybe a little more time reading US history and a little less posting on /.
Hahaha, "right side of history", you kill me. Pretty sure a "Smart Fellow" wouldnt confabulate the Republican party of today with the one of history. Lincoln wasn't elected by Southerners. Major civil rights legislation wasn't past by Southerners.
The Republican party of today is absolutely not the same party that pushed forward progress on either of those issues. A major portion of it is in fact made up by the very same demographics that fought tooth and nail against racial equality in this country.
Re: (Score:2)
Today's Republican Party is absolutely not the Republican Party of the 1860s or the 1960s. That should be painfully obvious.
Re: (Score:2)
I'm not sure whether it's more absurd that you said that or that you actually appear to believe it.
Prevention is better (Score:2)
If you spend all day stoned at home playing video games and bitching on slashdot, the chances of getting COVID are zero.
Also, study is probably bullshit.
Re: (Score:2)
I doubt that it's bullshit, but it's clearly only preliminary. I.e. a guide to further research. Now the interpretation that most people put on it, I'll agree that THAT's probably bullshit.
Sponsored by.. (Score:2)
Do you really need to read more?
In other words... (Score:2)
To quote Bob Dylan... Everybody must get stoned!
In other news... (Score:2)
Rumor has it that Cheech Marin will be taking over the responsibilities of Anthony Fauci.
puff puff pass
Re: (Score:2)
Well you have to admit it would make the press conferences more entertaining.
Correction: cannabinoids don’t block entry (Score:5, Funny)
The COVID virus just stops caring about whether it gets into the cell or not. Then it orders a pizza.
But it fixes everything! (Score:2)
Every now and then I see some article somehow referencing cannabis as a super miracle drug to fight cancer, hiv, depression, weight gain, weight loss, vision, skin issues, like you name it, it cures or helps with it.
It'd be awesome if we had some miracle drug that did all this but it's been hogwash, and test cases very biased.
As much as people say big pharma would try to hide it, and I'm sure they would, there is enough intelligent people who want to make money, and would prove it's worth and do so, who are
Screw that nonsense (Score:3)
EVERYBODY ROCK THE GANJ!!! (Score:2)
Trust the science duuude!
Anyone have a bag of Doritos I can snarf?
the problem with a panacea (Score:2)
We like to believe that a substance could cure most if not all ailments. But if it is so reactive to our biology, what keeps it from causing an equal number of bad things?
I think I'll error on the side of anecdotal evidence. I don't see a lot of pot heads going around being super healthy. They can be overweight, catch corona, have diabetes, and all the other things the rest of us deal with.
I will admit that pot smoking surfers are in really good shape considering how much they abuse their body. But I suspec
Legit or not (Score:2)
Panacea? (Score:3)
Is there anything a pothead would say weed does not cure? If marijuana cures everything, Bob Marley would be alive today.
A sucker born every minute (Score:3)
You keep resisting the free vaccines that you know WORK.
Just. Stop.
Re: (Score:2)
No, the gubment will not be buying you weed. Now, go get your free shot.
Apparently the vaccine doesn't do anything.
That's what mainstream news says, anyways.
Smoking a joint is always effective.
Re: (Score:2)
No, the gubment will not be buying you weed. Now, go get your free shot.
Apparently the vaccine doesn't do anything.
That's what mainstream news says, anyways.
Smoking a joint is always effective.
Vaccines work by training your body to recognize proteins. Our COVID-19 vaccines use proteins from he original strain. The mRNA vaccines only include instructions for creating the spike proteins. When the omicron variant has 50 mutations (36 of which are on the spike), of course your body won't recognize it as readily.
Re: (Score:3)
Apparently the vaccine doesn't do anything.
That's what mainstream news says, anyways.
But yeah, vaccines don't do anything. It's why people who aren't vaccinated are dying in droves compared to those who have been vaccinated. Even Texas has admitted [texas.gov] that people who are unvaccinated are 45 times more likely to contract covid and over 40 times more likely to die.
Let the unvaccinated keep thinking vaccines don't do anything. We need to thin the herd as much as possible.
Re: (Score:3)
Yeah, how dare those vaccine manufacturers not create a vaccine that works against highly mutated strains that didn't exist yet! What a bunch of fucking losers!
Re: "The virus that causes covid-19" (Score:3)
Re: (Score:2)
Re: "The virus that causes covid-19" (Score:5, Informative)
Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it
Official names have been announced for the virus responsible for COVID-19 (previously known as “2019 novel coronavirus”) and the disease it causes. The official names are:
Disease
coronavirus disease
(COVID-19)
Virus
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)
https://www.who.int/emergencie... [who.int]
Its not your fault you got confused. Its the panic pushers in the media, so busy peddling their panic porn, that they dont bother to research facts for fear of not being first to post headlines.
Re: (Score:2)
Sars is a syndrome he does not have it backwards.
SARS is a syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 is the name of a virus.
Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
The virus is classified as SARS-CoV-2. The condition it creates is called covid-19. This is akin to the relationship of HIV causing AIDS.
Re: (Score:3)
Then what is the name of the virus again?
COVID-19 stands for Coronavirus Disease 2019. The virus that causes COVID-19 is called SARS-Cov2 which stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2.
People are too stupid to understand the difference and the media just started calling the virus COVID. Which is technically wrong.
Re: (Score:2)
Then what is the name of the virus again?
COVID-19 stands for Coronavirus Disease 2019. The virus that causes COVID-19 is called SARS-Cov2 which stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2.
People are too stupid to understand the difference and the media just started calling the virus COVID. Which is technically wrong.
There's also a distinction between carrying SARS-Cov2 (having an infection) and developing COVID-19 (developing the disease, exhibiting symptoms). People simplify, and that's fine as long as the meaning is communicated.
Re: (Score:2)
There's also a distinction between carrying SARS-Cov2 (having an infection) and developing COVID-19 (developing the disease, exhibiting symptoms). People simplify, and that's fine as long as the meaning is communicated.
That's one of the amusing pedantic points that I like - there's actually no such thing as "asymptomatic COVID". If you don't have symptoms, then you don't have the disease, you're only infected with the virus.
It is kind of weird that people have trouble with the difference between SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. We've known about HIV and AIDS for ~40 years, so people should be familiar with the concepts.
Re: (Score:2)
That's one of the amusing pedantic points that I like - there's actually no such thing as "asymptomatic COVID". If you don't have symptoms, then you don't have the disease, you're only infected with the virus.
It is kind of weird that people have trouble with the difference between SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. We've known about HIV and AIDS for ~40 years, so people should be familiar with the concepts.
I never understood why people should care. What real world difference does it make to the public? Is there any useful context that is being lost? Any at all?
Re: (Score:2)
I have though tested positive for THC once, without having smoked any
I have started vaping again and every now and then see the CBC stuff and wonder if that would help my sleep or back pains but I am paranoid enough to be afraid that it would be tainted with THC and at that exact moment, my job would do (for the first time ever ) a random drug test.
Intellectually, I know that's ridiculous.
Re: (Score:3)
I have started vaping again and every now and then see the CBC stuff and wonder if that would help my sleep or back pains
In my experience yes, however you're better off with oils than vape. I've use cannabis oils in consultation with my doctor for two things:
1st. A snapped Achilles tendon where I was facing liver failure from the amount of painkillers I was on
2nd. A triple nerve root compression to C4-C6 in my neck, I used cannabis to wean myself off prescription Opioids and nervous system suppressors, the withdrawal symptoms of which were horrendous. Cannabis dulled the pain of opoid withdrawals shutting down my autonom