{"id":25936,"date":"2020-12-01T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/no-te-lo-creas\/controvertido-estudio-que-senala-que-amuletos-jade-pueden-protegerse-covid-19"},"modified":"2020-12-01T10:10:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:10:08","slug":"el-controvertido-estudio-que-senala-que-los-amuletos-de-jade-pueden-protegerse-del-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/el-controvertido-estudio-que-senala-que-los-amuletos-de-jade-pueden-protegerse-del-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The controversial study that indicates that jade amulets can protect against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/d61f06\/gemstone-bracelet-665753_960_720\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"El controvertido estudio que se\u00f1ala que los amuletos de jade pueden protegerse del COVID-19\">\n    <\/p>\n<p>No, jade amulets cannot protect you from COVID-19, although that is what a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0048969720363592?via%3Dihub\">recent study<\/a> which, fortunately, <strong>has already been withdrawn<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>The controversial study suggesting that COVID-19 has become deadly due to u<strong>n change in Earth&#039;s geomagnetic field<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Retraction<\/h2>\n<p>A study, published in <em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, is titled: \u201cCan Traditional Chinese Medicine Provide Information on Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic?\u201d <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, its publication has provoked outrage and criticism in the scientific community and has forced the authors at the University of Pittsburgh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/news-opinion\/paper-proposing-covid-19-magnetism-link-to-be-retracted-68126\">to request a retraction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The co-authors of a paper that claimed jade amulets might prevent COVID-19 have tried to distance themselves from the work.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ek3UG0KtS7\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ek3UG0KtS7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q7AIqBgHwT\">pic.twitter.com\/Q7AIqBgHwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Retraction Watch (@RetractionWatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RetractionWatch\/status\/1330647296514666497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The lead author of the study, <strong>Moses Bility<\/strong>, is an assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh. Which adds even more ridicule to this situation, in which a ridiculous study has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<p>The study, which is no longer available online, explored the idea that the new coronavirus is not new, but rather a virus that has been hidden in DNA and had been activated by <strong>a change in the planet&#039;s geomagnetic field<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<p>The paper claimed that jade, with its own geomagnetic properties, can prevent the virus from making you sick.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 7 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/por-que-la-medicina-alternativa-la-tradicional-china-y-demas-es-cualitativamente-inferior-que-la-medicina-convencional-o-alopata-i\" ><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&#x00BF;Por&#x20;qu&#x00E9;&#x20;la&#x20;medicina&#x20;alternativa,&#x20;la&#x20;tradicional&#x20;china&#x20;y&#x20;dem&#x00E1;s&#x20;es&#x20;cualitativamente&#x20;inferior&#x20;que&#x20;la&#x20;medicina&#x20;convencional&#x20;o&#x20;al&#x00F3;pata&#x3F;&#x20;&#x28;I&#x29;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/a7d773\/medicina\/375_142.jpg\"><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"desvio-summary\">\n<div class=\"desvio-taxonomy js-desvio-taxonomy\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/por-que-la-medicina-alternativa-la-tradicional-china-y-demas-es-cualitativamente-inferior-que-la-medicina-convencional-o-alopata-i\" class=\"desvio-taxonomy-anchor\">In Xataka Science<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/por-que-la-medicina-alternativa-la-tradicional-china-y-demas-es-cualitativamente-inferior-que-la-medicina-convencional-o-alopata-i\" class=\"desvio-title js-desvio-title\">Why is alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and so on qualitatively inferior to conventional or allopathic medicine? (YO)<\/a>\n   <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#039;s true that strong magnetic fields can influence chemical reactions, but the long-wavelength anomalies in this rat study <strong>are nowhere near what would be required to have such an effect<\/strong>. Also erroneous is the idea that jade can stop the symptoms of COVID-19, a theory based on records of practices in ancient China during a period of similar geomagnetic conditions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 8 --><\/p>\n<p>We are facing a serious situation. This is not the first time that poorly reviewed studies have been published that <strong>they claim real atrocities<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autismo.org.es\/actualidad\/articulo\/las-vacunas-no-causan-autismo-0\">How do vaccines cause autism?<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 9 --><\/p>\n<p>And it is serious because, even if the studies are withdrawn, people are slow to forget statements like this: that vaccines can cause autism; which <strong>in turn reinforces conspiracy theories<\/strong> that may lead the public to circumvent actual scientific or safety measures. Because we have enough to face the scientific ignorance of our politicians to also add that propagated by the scientific auditors in whom we must trust:<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 10 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-video\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-asset-video\">\n   <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1TH6nvzHLJI\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n  <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n (function() {\n  window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {};\n  var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n  if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) {\n   var instagramScript = document.createElement('script');\n   instagramScript.src = 'https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js';\n   instagramScript.async = true;\n   instagramScript.defer = true;\n   headElement.appendChild(instagramScript);\n  }\n })();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/no-te-lo-creas\/controvertido-estudio-que-senala-que-amuletos-jade-pueden-protegerse-covid-19?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=01_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> The controversial study that indicates that jade amulets can protect against COVID-19 <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=01_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a\n       href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=01_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/HNAkoz6FSlo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/d61f06\/gemstone-bracelet-665753_960_720\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"El controvertido estudio que se\u00f1ala que los amuletos de jade pueden protegerse del COVID-19\"><\/p>\n<p>No, jade amulets cannot protect you from COVID-19, although that is what a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0048969720363592?via%3Dihub\">recent study<\/a> which, fortunately, <strong>has already been withdrawn<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>The controversial study suggesting that COVID-19 has become deadly due to u<strong>n change in Earth&#039;s geomagnetic field<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Retraction<\/h2>\n<p>A study, published in <em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, is titled: \u201cCan Traditional Chinese Medicine Provide Information on Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic?\u201d <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, its publication has provoked outrage and criticism in the scientific community and has forced the authors at the University of Pittsburgh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/news-opinion\/paper-proposing-covid-19-magnetism-link-to-be-retracted-68126\">to request a retraction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The co-authors of a paper that claimed jade amulets might prevent COVID-19 have tried to distance themselves from the work.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ek3UG0KtS7\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ek3UG0KtS7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q7AIqBgHwT\">pic.twitter.com\/Q7AIqBgHwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Retraction Watch (@RetractionWatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RetractionWatch\/status\/1330647296514666497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The lead author of the study, <strong>Moses Bility<\/strong>, is an assistant professor of infectious diseases and microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh. Which adds even more ridicule to this situation, in which a ridiculous study has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<p>The study, which is no longer available online, explored the idea that the new coronavirus is not new, but rather a virus that has been hidden in DNA and had been activated by <strong>a change in the planet&#039;s geomagnetic field<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<p>The paper claimed that jade, with its own geomagnetic properties, can prevent the virus from making you sick.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 7 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/por-que-la-medicina-alternativa-la-tradicional-china-y-demas-es-cualitativamente-inferior-que-la-medicina-convencional-o-alopata-i\"><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 la medicina alternativa, la tradicional china y dem\u00e1s es cualitativamente inferior que la medicina convencional o al\u00f3pata? (I)\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/a7d773\/medicina\/375_142.jpg\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"desvio-summary\">\n<div class=\"desvio-taxonomy js-desvio-taxonomy\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/por-que-la-medicina-alternativa-la-tradicional-china-y-demas-es-cualitativamente-inferior-que-la-medicina-convencional-o-alopata-i\" class=\"desvio-taxonomy-anchor\">In Xataka Science<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/por-que-la-medicina-alternativa-la-tradicional-china-y-demas-es-cualitativamente-inferior-que-la-medicina-convencional-o-alopata-i\" class=\"desvio-title js-desvio-title\">Why is alternative medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and so on qualitatively inferior to conventional or allopathic medicine? (YO)<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#039;s true that strong magnetic fields can influence chemical reactions, but the long-wavelength anomalies in this rat study <strong>are nowhere near what would be required to have such an effect<\/strong>. Also erroneous is the idea that jade can stop the symptoms of COVID-19, a theory based on records of practices in ancient China during a period of similar geomagnetic conditions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 8 --><\/p>\n<p>We are facing a serious situation. This is not the first time that poorly reviewed studies have been published that <strong>they claim real atrocities<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autismo.org.es\/actualidad\/articulo\/las-vacunas-no-causan-autismo-0\">How do vaccines cause autism?<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 9 --><\/p>\n<p>And it is serious because, even if the studies are withdrawn, people are slow to forget statements like this: that vaccines can cause autism; which <strong>in turn reinforces conspiracy theories<\/strong> that may lead the public to circumvent actual scientific or safety measures. Because we have enough to face the scientific ignorance of our politicians to also add that propagated by the scientific auditors in whom we must trust:<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 10 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset-video\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-asset-video\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/no-te-lo-creas\/controvertido-estudio-que-senala-que-amuletos-jade-pueden-protegerse-covid-19?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=01_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> The controversial study that indicates that jade amulets can protect against COVID-19 <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=01_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=01_Dec_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/HNAkoz6FSlo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-portal-3"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25936"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26343,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25936\/revisions\/26343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}