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Reminded me of this episode of Patient Zero, which covers some fringe treatments for Lyme disease: https://www.patientzeropodcast.com/podcast-episodes/episode-...

Spoiler: Don't try to fight bacterial infections with lasers.

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Eh, with a big enough laser, I'll guarantee a 100% success rate at killing any bacteria infecting you.

Yep, like the boast on bottles of bleach: "Kills the AIDS virus!". So does sunlight, soap, drying up, in fact almost anything besides "being kept in a body fluid at ambient temperature"

Obligatory XKCD quote: "When reading that a particular compound kills cancer cells in a petri dish, remember so does a hand gun."

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