Wow! Three “leading experts” — Professor John Oxford, a virologist at Queen Mary University of London, Professor Ron Eccles, director of the Common Cold Centre at Cardiff University and Professor Peter Openshaw, a professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College London — and what do we learn?
Avoid rubbing your eyes and nose, chicken soup, ibuprofen, wash your hands, warm compresses, a hot drink such as honey and lemon, cough remedies that contain expectorants, decongestants, and MAYBE Vicks “First Defence.”
Thanks for posting this, but is there anybody who doesn’t know these things?
It just shows how powerless we are against the common cold viruses when leading virologists can only recommend these ages-old things to do.
What I DID learn is to keep Vicks “First Defence” on hand and give it a try (if it’s even sold in the U.S.).
“What I DID learn is to keep Vicks “First Defence” on hand and give it a try (if it’s even sold in the U.S.).”
I agree.
and it’s not available in the U.S., but i just bought some on amazon.com from sellers in the UK:
https://www.amazon.com/Vicks-First-Defence-Nasal-Spray/dp/B000LNEBO2