Dr Bryan Ardis, Chiropractor and acupuncturist.
"Covid-19 is not a virus, it's snake venom" [sic]
"Covid-19 is not a virus, it's snake venom" [sic]
It's amazing how, the more QAnon's ludicrous conspiracy theories are debunked, the more risible they became in trying to justify them, like toddlers caught with their hands in the cookie jar, rather than admit the game's up and they've been rumbled.
The even more amazing thing is that adults, even adults holding responsible positions, like Representative Marjorie Taylor-Green (R-GA 13) and Senator Doug Mastriano (R-PA 33) continue to fall for these tactics.
One example of how far into the stratosphere QAnon conspiracists have gone in the justification for opposing measures to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic, which is about to achieved its millionth American death, on the grounds that it's all a plot, somehow linked to a Satanic, cannibalistic paedophile, deep state conspiracy run by Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama and the Pope, and including Bill Gates, Andrew Faucci and others, is the so-called 'explosive report' by medical quackticioner, Dr. Bryan Ardis.
His 'explosive' report which he revealed on the far right Stew Peters Show, is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is not a virus at all but a modified snake venom which is passed on deliberately in drinking water. Seriously!
Here is how he arrived at that conclusion, not by analysis of drinking water, or by subjecting samples of the virus to biochemical analysis, but by a form of logic of which any self-respecting toddler might be proud, until they grew up enough to cringe in embarrassment at their childish thinking.
Here is his 'reasoning':
- Scientists call it a 'coronavirus'
- in original Latin 'virus' meant venom or poison.
- The word 'corona' has several meanings, two of which are:
- The gold ribbons decorating the base of a bishop's mitre.
- A crown
- Who wears a mitre? The Pope, of course! So 'coronavirus' is secret code for Pope's venom, or Pope's poison.
- Who wears a crown? A king, of course!, So, the venom is that of the king cobra! and the word 'coronavirus' really means 'venom of the king cobra'!
Coronavirus particles, showing the 'corona' of spike proteins
And, as should be obvious to any halfwit, the Romans who used the term 'virus' to mean 'slimy liquid' or 'poison', did not know anything about what we now call viruses, so it should be obvious to the same halfwit that the word has been co-opted by modern science, not used in its original sense in Latin. The term was used in an early medical sense to mean a liquid produced by a diseased body, and capable of transmitting the disease to another person. It was not until germ theory that scientists realised there must be organisms in the 'virus' that caused the disease. But of course, being a chiropractor and acupuncturist, as well as a self-styled 'medical researcher', Dr. Ardis wouldn't know anything about the history of medicine or germ theory, or how Latin is used as the root of many medical terms which now have a different meaning to the original Latin meaning.
Or perhaps he does, but knows his target dupes won’t.
Ordinarily, chiropractor, acupuncturist and so-called 'medical researcher', Dr. Bryan Ardis would be dismissed as just another quackticioner, grifter and conspiracy nut job, but, probably because he tells him stuff he wants to hear, far right Republican Senator Doug Mastriano has included him in his Medical Freedom committee. In his list of 'Expert Panellists’ he described Ardis as:
A chiropractor, acupuncturist, and medical researcher who has treated over 10,000 patients from around the world. Dr. Ardis will share his research on ongoing medical protocol for COVID. He will also discuss the impact of current medical protocols, such as the use of Remdesivir, in hospitals on our health.
One can only hope his 'medical research' is a little more rigorous than his research into why the coronavirus family of viruses are so called and what the virus actually is, however the public has little to be concerned about because a quick Google search on the phrase, "Dr. Bryan Ardis research publications" failed to return any links to any research articles by him. Either he doesn’t do any or hr can’t get his findings published in any medical journals.
However, the same search did return lots of links to conspiracy sites and YouTube videos about his snake venom claim, showing how deeply embedded he is in the QAnon cult.
It also returned a link to a very interesting press release concerning a 'Disciplinary Action Report' by the Tennessee 'Board of Chiropractic Examiners', who seem to be concerned about his standards. It contains the following entry:
Licensee: Bryan R. Ardis, D.C., Frisco, TN
Violation: Failed to properly maintain or submit sufficient continuing education credits.
Action: Assessed $600.00 in civil penalties; must provide proof of twenty four (24) hours
of continuing education credits by the end of the calendar year.
And this is Senator Doug Mastriano's expert panellist, who reserchers (but never publishes in peer-reviewed journals) 'ongoing medical protocols for COVID’ and the 'impact of current protocols, such as the use of Remdesivir' and advises the committee accordingly. A QAnon cultist and medical quackticioner advising America's legislators who appear to think the terms, 'expert' and 'agrees with me' are synonymous.
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