I saw a negative pathway study related to the otitis media. Wife was fairly certain of that also based on hospital meetings. Haven't reviewed it further.
After saying that of course there is the caveat to keep your ears covered based on an over abundance of caution. YMMV.
I wear a gator type thing on my head to cover my hair and ears then a winter sock hat to cover all of that. Double layer protection.
As a standard protocol in the past I have used diluted hydrogen peroxide in my ears to kills virus in them if I feel sick or had people coughing on me. I was assured on this site that nothing can go in through your ears if your eardrum is intact.
However, I still do it anyway.
Key Drugs Join PPEs on List of Front-Line Shortages
First it was a critical shortage of personal protective equipment. Then pleas for more ventilators to sustain patients with COVID-19 and providers to care for them. Now, multiple sources are reporting deepening shortages of the drugs needed to help ventilate patients and keep them sedated.
Shortages are already evident for albuterol; neuromuscular blockers and sedatives, including fentanyl, midazolam, and propofol; and vasopressors for septic shock, even as orders increase exponentially.
The rates at which hospitals traditionally had been able to fill orders for ventilator-associated drugs was 95%, Dan Kistner, PharmD, told Medscape Medical News.
"These classes of drugs have dropped to 60 or 70% in the last month alone," said Kistner, senior vice president for pharmacy solutions at Vizient, a group purchasing organization that negotiates medicine contracts for about 3000 hospitals and healthcare facilities in the US. "Every day it's dropping 2 or 3 additional percent," he continued.
Demand "Unprecedented"
The demand is simply "unprecedented," he said, adding that the shortages are piling up even after elective surgeries have been put on hold.