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Gargling and snorting mouthwash until this is ready. https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/222/8/1289/5878067 https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/222/8/1289/587

• tdeck 6y ago
  Perhaps consider a Carbolic Smoke Ball as well!
• the-pigeon 6y ago
  Not necessarily. That is just testing if COVID19 breaks down when exposed to mouth wash. For that to prevent infection you'd need contact between the mouthwash and the virus. So maybe mouth wash helps or maybe it's useless because people are getting infected in their nose or before they use mouthwash. Pretty hard to say but this study doesn't tell you anything actionable.
  • swader999 6y ago
    N=1 but I already stopped a cold that seemed to be developing this past weekend. Fairly harmless to try at the onset of feeling something starting.
    • sp332 6y ago
      Humming can help too https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24780570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24780570
    • dehrmann 6y ago
      Unless you're in Australia or New Zealand, how would you even have caught a cold? Even with places partially reopening, it seems more likely it was allergies.