Summary
Host Cliff Dunning interviews Dr. Marc Seifer, author of "Ozone Therapy for the Treatment of Viruses," about the history and science of ozone as a medical therapy. Seifer, who is also the acclaimed biographer of Nikola Tesla, traces the origins of medical ozone back to Tesla's 1896 patent for an ozone generator and describes how he first encountered ozone therapy at a Tesla conference in 1984, where Dr. George Freebot presented a case of cancer remission following ozone treatment. The discussion covers the fundamental science of how ozone (O3) enhances the immune system, referencing Paul Wentworth's 2001 discovery at Scripps Institute that human antibodies naturally manufacture ozone to fight pathogens. Seifer explains that medical ozone therapy is 97% pure oxygen and 3% ozone, injected into the bloodstream to bolster what the immune system already does naturally. He cites a German study of 6.5 million ozone treatments with only four deaths over 25 years, contrasting this safety record with ventilator mortality rates. A significant portion of the episode addresses the regulatory barriers to ozone therapy in the United States, including FDA Title 21 which labels ozone as a toxic gas with no medical application. Seifer discusses his efforts to reach journalists, politicians, and public health officials with evidence from clinical trials, including Dr. Alberto Hernandez's study where COVID patients treated with ozone were discharged in an average of 7 days versus 28 days for control subjects.
Key Points
- Nikola Tesla patented an ozone generator in 1896 and began selling them to the medical community
- Paul Wentworth at Scripps Institute discovered in 2001 that human antibodies naturally produce ozone to fight pathogens
- Medical ozone therapy uses 97% pure oxygen and 3% ozone injected into the bloodstream
- A German study of 6.5 million ozone treatments recorded only 4 deaths over 25 years, indicating a strong safety profile
- FDA Title 21 labels ozone as a toxic gas with no medical application, which Seifer argues is based on outdated testing using atmospheric air rather than pure oxygen
- Dr. Alberto Hernandez's clinical trial showed COVID patients treated with ozone were discharged in 7 days versus 28 days for the control group
- The original toxicity findings from the 1920s were due to producing ozone from atmospheric air (creating nitrogen oxides); the researcher corrected this in the 1940s
- Ozone disrupts the lipid envelope of viruses, causing small tears that viruses cannot self-repair
Key Moments
Tesla's role in inventing ozone generators
Marc Seifer explains that Nikola Tesla patented an ozone generator in 1896 that became the basis for modern medical ozone devices, and that ozone was used to treat gangrene in World War I.
"in 1896, Tesla patented and invented the most efficient ozone generator of its day. And it's still the basis of the ozone generators today. And they were being used particularly like in World War I to treat gangrene and different diseases."
Rowen and Robbins risk their lives to treat Ebola with ozone
Seifer recounts how Dr. Robert Rowan and Dr. Howard Robbins flew to Sierra Leone at their own expense to train medical personnel in ozone therapy for Ebola, donating $20,000 in equipment before being shut down by the WHO.
"They got Longevity Research, which is out of Canada, to supply free ozone equipment by $20,000 worth. They raised another $20,000 or $30,000 all on their own dime. They didn't make a cent on this thing. And they flew to West Africa and began to train medical personnel, ozone therapy, to kill the Ebola virus."
Five Ebola patients secretly cured with ozone therapy
After the WHO shut down ozone therapy in Sierra Leone, four doctors and one girlfriend who contracted Ebola were secretly treated with ozone and all five were cured, results that were published in peer-reviewed journals.
"all secretly got treated. They all got Ebola, secretly got treated with ozone therapy, and all five were cured. And this was then written up by Dr. Rowan and Dr. Robbins in several scientific publications because it was establishing that ozone therapy killed the Ebola virus"
