A notorious anti - vaxxer has graduated from urging his followers todrink their own urine as a therapeutic , to injecting himself in the branch with the fluid .

Christopher Key inject the " senior urine " into himself during an interview , having previously touted   " urine   therapy " ( or , more   accurately known , swig your own pee pee ) as " the counterpoison " to COVID-19 .

There is , of course of study , no grounds for either practice .

“ If you look at urine in the index of medical text , you will not find it referenced as a remedial federal agent , your own or from anyone else , ” Dr. William Schaffner , an expert in preventive medicine and infective disease from Vanderbilt University Medical Center , told The Daily Beast . “ There are no studies of any variety of lineament to show that drink one ’s own or anyone else ’s urine has a medical benefit . ”

And interject pee is no better . In fact , in a scandalous turning of events , injecting yourself with waste product can in reality be quite damaging to your wellness . In one world ’s case , it was nearly fatal .

A 38 - class - onetime stock examiner was brought into the pinch room altogether unconscious , following two episodes of capture , his doctors write inThe Journal of Global Infectious Diseases . He had no other aesculapian history of government note , and had not suffered any seizures prior to this instalment . In a comatoseness , he was transport to intensive care and tested to discover the cause , while doctor prove to press his sepsis .

" On day 11 , he concede that he collect his water in a container and ego injected about 10 milliliters of his pee intravenously to maximise his vim and effectiveness , as he had developed sickness and vomiting twice after drinking his weewee orally , " the team write in their account .

" This might have led to polymicrobial sepsis , toxic encephalopathy [ mentality disfunction ] , and infected shock with multi organ dysfunction . Psychological judgment did not reveal any abnormality . "

Meanwhile , COVID-19 vaccines have beenprovento be secure and effectual , and at least 99 per centum less shitty than shoot your own urine .