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Posted on 03/20/2020 5:24:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
While gargling saline solution is effective against sore throats- a symptom of SARS-Cov2- it does not cure the infection!
A Facebook post suggests that drinking lots of water and gargling with warm water and salt or vinegar eliminates the coronavirus.
The claim has not been corroborated by any health institution. The WHO says there is currently no specific treatment, drug or vaccine for the Covid-19, although some home remedies may provide comfort and alleviate symptoms.
A viral Facebook post proffers yet another remedy for the new coronavirus, COVID-19. How? Simply drink lots of and gargle with warm water and salt or vinegar and you are good to go.
DUBAWA looked into these claims and found no evidence to back them.
Verification According to the World Health Organisation, the incubation period for Covid-19, that is, the period between contracting the virus and exhibiting symptoms ranges between one and 14 days. Symptoms however commonly appear after around five days.
How does the virus work? The virus works by getting inside and taking over the cells of the body. It first infects the cells lining the throat, airways and lungs and turns them into “coronavirus factories”. The “coronavirus factories” then spew out huge numbers of new viruses that go to infect more cells.
Will gargling saline solution eliminate the virus? This claim has not been corroborated by any health institution.
Gargling may soothe a sore throat, a symptom of the new coronavirus. In fact, NHS recommends gargling with warm saline water for adults suffering from sore throats. However, there is no evidence that it kills the virus. The Covid-19, according to Chinese health workers, invades the respiratory tract and therefore cannot be cleaned gargling.
Indeed, the WHO, in its Q&A about coronavirus on twitter debunked a similar question of whether gargling mouthwash can protect one from COVID-19.
How about drinking lots of Water? Drinking a lot of water and staying hydrated is advised especially when one is unwell. However, it does not prevent coronavirus infection.
Cures for the Covid-19?
The Organisation says there is currently “no vaccine and no specific antiviral medicine to prevent or treat COVID-2019.” Clinical trials are however ongoing to find a solution to the disease.
It adds that “some western, traditional or home remedies may provide comfort and alleviate symptoms of COVID-19.”
OK. We are officially over the rainbow. “Saline is a treatment.”
Clorox works better. Swallow after.
Please DON’T!
Gargling and running salt water through your nasal passages may prevent a cold. Isn’t the corona virus another cold virus?
The virus is in your blood. You need to do an intravenous injection.
PLEASE DON’T!
Huh? I thought coffee enemas were the cure. Why are they keeping that a secret?
If you have it in your nose you are already infected andva nose flush won’t do *!
I live in a dry climate and use saline spray every day for moisture. You’re a lot less likely to pick or poke your nose, so less likely to stick a Chinese virus up your nose. lol.
Mainline bleach. Yeah, that’s the ticket...
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Dabbing your anus with lavender oil and colloidal silver are at least twice as effective as saline and there are side benefits. You fart air freshener in the first case and anything and everything from (A)nal fissures to (Z)oster herpes are cured in the second.
Did your mama drop you on your head as a baby or did it come later in life?
Salt water gargle will make your throat feel better though.
I hear saline works to kill the coronavirus. It’s the filling your lungs with it and boiling it part that has caused issues.
Isn’t the corona virus another cold virus.
Coronaviruses cause about 20% of common colds. Coronaviruses also cause SARS, MERS, and COVID-19.
They are a category, and are not all interchangeable.
Will not kill the Chineese Virus but will give you virtual signaling that you are doing something.
I heard that the reason the virus is low in Russia is due to the consumption of lots of Vodka. A pint a day keeps the virus away. Has a nice ring to it!
I think hot salty water is as good as other gargles.
Around 50 years ago I had a bad sore throat. I went to the college Dr. and he said he was surprised I hadn’t gotten better as I was doing the right thing.
He gave me an antibiotic which cleared it up. Still I recall his telling me that the hot salty water was an effective gargle.
All of the time.
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