Remember to select blue flavor, not purple or yellow.
The antiviral spectrum of Listerine antiseptic.
Sinus rinses may be helpful too. The idea is to destroy the virus before it finds an ACE-2 receptor, or perhaps reduce the viral load by washing it out.
It's obviously not going to cure coronavirus once it's moved into the bronchial tubes or lungs.
It's more of a preventative before the virus finds a receptor cell. But might aid in slowing the virus a bit even once an infection has started.
That's my speculation.
I'd use it if I thought I had a high risk exposure. Like my daughter is having a cavity filled today, I recommended it to her. She responded "haha". I'm not sure what that means.
But she did send me an article this morning about Bright's testimony to Congress and said, "I can't believe you were right about the government lying to us about masks." because there was a shortage.
In before the mouthwash hoarding.
How is Listerine stock doing this afternoon?
rinse spit repeat at the check out gas station and local watering hole
I feel like I’m missing something. If the virus is in my body then it would be in my lungs, my intestines, my blood, my nose, my mouth, other places.
I can rinse out my mouth and nose and be virus-free in those places. But for how long? What’s the point? The virus reproduces and spreads within my body. Constantly. That’s what it does.
Which means alcohol does the same thing... and probably better.
It’s a good way to get disinfectant into you too!
Who knew that antiseptic mouthwashes, originally designed to kill germs and viruses, actually might kill germs and viruses?
Next they will be telling us that electric lightbulbs actually help us see at night but only when they are turned on. What amazing times we live in! /sarc
Okay, I think we know where this one is going...
Trump sees this story.
Trump repeats it and says that it’s interesting.
NBC/CBS/CNN/ABC run stories claiming that Trump’s gullible cultus is now guzzling Scope-and-tonics by the gallon.
I often rinse with hydrogen peroxide.
I’ve been using mouthwash twice a day now since this started. If not for killing the virus, now that I’m wearing a mask, I want my breath not to smell so bad. :)
Can it hurt? Sometimes people are stupid.
There’s an article in the links at the bottom of DoughtyOne’s daily CV stats post about a doc touting the usefulness of nasal rinses against CV. I’m a fan myself for head colds / URIs and have a nice powered rinse setup.
Nasal Irrigation Is the Key to Reducing COVID-19 Progression, Doctor Says
https://bestlifeonline.com/nasal-irrigation-covid-19/
And I definitely read something somewhere about front line medical folks using Listerine / mouthwash To help guard against CV. It might have been by one of our FR docs.
So, washing our hands and brushing our teeth are healthy things to do. The virus has taught us so much. Meanwhile, I can look forward to the mouthwash shelf being empty.
I do a saline nasal rinse everyday during pollen season anyway. Been doing it for years and beats taking sinus meds.
This year began doing it at the start of the flu season.
I have had it knock off a cold that was starting with that familiar burning at the back of your nasal cavities.
OK, I'm ordering another case.
“The virus and health specialists stressed that their theory has not been tested
Rather it’s calling for research based on current evidence about other viruses”
Code for= give us lots of money and grants and we’ll test it.
How many months do we need to be locked up before they finish testing the safety and effectiveness of mouthwash? Remember: you can’t be too sure. You don’t want rush things. Right?
Mouthwash is primarily.....alcohol.
Gov. Tom Wolf has closed all the bars and liquor stores here.
Once again, Liberalism generates the exact opposite of its stated intent.
I see where Bacardi 151 was discontinued, otherwise it would probably have been pretty effective.
Gargle every 40 minutes right after you wash your hands. Or you can put a bar of soap in your mouth, rinse and spit.
If you think this has no merit, people gargled salt water back during the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Just sayin’.