Recently, many prominent and political figures around the world are wearing out their respective public purposes with the antivirus label “Air Doctor”. Sometimes called “Shut-Out Virus,” they look like general identity badges.
But according to their manufacturers, they are made from chemicals to kill airborne pathogens and disease carriers.
Manufacturers have noticed that the Air Doctor badge releases small amounts of chlorine dioxide that can kill airborne pathogens, coronavirus.
It can be on the chest, pocket or purse.
But how true is this and how effective are these virus blockers?
As we adapt to new realities, new questions are constantly emerging: What kind of mask do I wear?Can air blockers be the solution to any of these problems?
Manufacturers claim that virus removal cards can kill bacteria and viruses from the key ingredient; chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant used to treat drinking water and sterilize medical equipment.
The claim is that it is capable of “providing coverage against airborne pathogens”, most likely adding the new coronavirus.
The labels, according to the manufacturers, “eliminate all the red tape of microbial life” and offer “maximum coverage against infectious airborne diseases”, adding for children, pregnant women and other immunosuppressed people such as cancer patients.
The product is sold under industrial names, adding Air Doctor, Virus Shut-Out and Chlorine Card.
In addition, a company founded in Japan, Kiyou Jochugiku Co. Ltd. , presented “Air Doctor” in India in July. According to the company, it is a portable product that helps you prevent viruses, bacteria and fungi from contacting you. with the user within a radius of 1 meter. It is sodium chloride, inorganic herbal ingredients – herbal zeolite.
The company noted that the product is internationally approved through the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Drug Administration of the United States (USFDA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour of Japan.
The product has been announced as a flu remedy in Japan since 2015, long before the new coronavirus gave the impression that it had expired last year in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
However, on May 15, 2020, the Japanese Consumer Agency warned the public that the useless product opposed COVID-19.
According to manufacturers, once opened, labels last up to a month.
However, the real era may differ depending on the circumstances.
The Nation has discovered that Cleaneat Integrated Services is one of the leading resellers of Air Doctor, antivirus and other air purifiers in Nigeria.
The Nation has discovered parts for sale online, the controls have revealed that Air Doctor’s value in quality and also fluctuates according to the call point for labels.
Currently, the retail value of the Air Doctor label is N17,000, while the wholesale value is 150,000 N / pack containing 12 pieces.
The card has been banned in several countries this year, the United States, Thailand and the Philippines.
“Virus blockers” were created in Japan. They have been banned in Vietnam and Thailand, but are on sale in Hong Kong, the Middle East, Russia and the United States under other logo names.
In April, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration warned others about products that contain chlorine dioxide, saying that their ingestion through others as a prophylactic opposite to the virus had caused “serious and potentially fatal side effects. “
Meanwhile, the US Environmental Protection Agency has banned the Virus Shut Out badges from entering domestic ports and asked Amazon to enter the product from its site.
Last month, when President Donald Trump made comments suggesting that disinfectant injection could only treat coronavirus, supporters of conspiracy circles like QAnon jumped on the concept that it referred to chlorine dioxide: the chemical compound has long been touted and sold through marginal figures as a cure for everything , from HIV to colds.
The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC), which is the country’s national public health institute, said there was no evidence to suggest that the use of an advertised body label as the Air Doctor purifies the air around the user. .
The effectiveness of these air purification bags has not yet been established, and Kiyou Jochugiku says it fits less effectively in environments.
Notable figures in Nigeria have made public impressions in recent weeks with “virus removal cards”, tags of clips advertised as prevention against infectious diseases.
The National Agency for food and drug administration and control has disallowed Air Doctor and others advertised as capable of preventing COVID-19 from infecting users.
The regulator told PUNCH HealthWise that the devices were not registered through NAFDAC, it won registration requests for some of them.
Dr. Ibraheem Abioye, epidemiologist and fitness specialist for the Harvard University population, said: “There is no evidence that the products work. Sellers claim that products disinfect air around the user. But we know that some of the other people who have the main advocates have still become inflamed with COVID-19.
“There are already science-based movements that other people adopt, and simulations like that are likely to put other people at risk. “
Since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, WHO has continuously stated that there is no express remedy or prevention for COVID-19.
In August, the World Health Organization said there might never be a magic cure for coronavirus, even when scientists and drug brands around the global rush to find an effective vaccine.
Air Doctor products are not authorized by the FDA and in any other country through your pharmaceutical agency.
The active element in Air Doctor and similar products is allowed to disinfect medical devices or food and not as human coverage against infections.