First I heard of that. I looked it up and found this in "Men's Health" yesterday:
Snorting and Gargling Iodine to Fight Covid-19 Is a Really Bad IdeaWell, if the concern is intestinal upset, then that seems to undercut the reason for ever using the product at all, even for occasional sore throat!"Iodine is a disinfectant," says William Schaffner, M.D., professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. "Its use has [slowed down] because even on scratches and cuts, its effectiveness has been debated. There's no data that this would be effective for Covid."
Avrio Health, the makers of Betadine, has also intervened in the online conversation around the use of its product as an alternative Covid treatment, stating "Betadine Antiseptic Sore Throat Gargle is only for the temporary relief of occasional sore throat. Betadine Antiseptic products have not been demonstrated to be effective for the treatment or prevention of COVID- 19 or any other viruses."
Dr. Schaffner's biggest fear is the ingestion of the product, whether accidentally or intentionally, in one's attempt to mitigate a Covid infection. "You can really get intestinal upset with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea [with iodine]," says Dr. Schaffner. "And nobody wants that." In short, save the iodine for a paper cut, not Covid.
It sounds to me like the company might have received a "cease and desist" letter from the FDA telling them to not push their product as effective against COVID.
Other sites say people are "ingesting" Betadine. Sounds like the same insane crap the media was pulling when they claimed Trump was telling people to "ingest" bleach.
I am going to continue to use diluted pvp iodine in my nose.
Pretty sure there are some studies that say it can kill covid.