We are getting used to being on a virtual roller coaster with COVID-19. However, we have learned not to get overly excited about something, and never to offer medical advice. We have set ourselves the goal of following interesting news from authority sources. When Penn State College of Medicine researchers say some mouthwashes potentially reduce viral load, that’s in the ball park.
Which Mouthwashes Potentially Reduce Viral Load?
We decided it would be unprofessional for us to underwrite any of these products. Therefore, we have appended a link to the research report in Wiley Online Library so you can decide for yourself. We just think it’s an interesting angle, and worth reporting a viral load mouthwash may have been in the shower cubicle all this time.
The headline finding is certain oral antiseptics, mouthwashes and a baby shampoo may have ability to ‘inactive human coronaviruses’. In other words turn them off, and reduce the infected person’s spread after thirty seconds. Hence this is not a cure of the infection itself, but a chemical face mask if we could put it that way.
How Sure Can I Be This is For Real?
The research was done, and reported under patronage of leading American medical institutions. However, the researchers did not use virus SARS-CoV-2 to confirm some mouthwashes potentially reduce viral load.
Instead, for practical reasons they used virus 229E which usually causes mild to moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses. Craig Meyers is a prof of microbiology, immunology, obstetrics and gynecology who led the study. He says ‘I saw a bottle of (PRODUCT) and it said ‘kill germs that cause bad breath. I thought what the heck?
‘I bought it and we threw it into the studies and we were a little surprised on how well it worked.’ Before you feel tempted to buy the entire stock of (PRODUCT) at your drugstore please note: the researchers say more studies are needed and there’s no evidence mouthwashes are suitable for treating Covid-19.
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