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Well. I have been practicing nasal flushing for 50 years. I was hanging around Hippie communities in Gothenburg and they used Hindu "Naso" bottles. It seemed s

Well. I have been practicing nasal flushing for 50 years. I was hanging around Hippie communities in Gothenburg and they used Hindu "Naso" bottles. It seemed sensible practice at that time. I have had Common Cold only once ever since. This was because I wanted to read one Knut Hamsun's book and it was not available on Pirate Bay. I did not realize I was quite receptive to a virus on a book. I also invented the use of some kind of anti-viral agent all on my own. I read about amoebas entering the brain in India, so I started to use a drop of household bleach. But I later resorted to to Betadine-Povidone because you cannot have all sorts of stuff in your backpack.

engmgrmgr 5y ago
You invented huffing bleach?
- timonoko 5y ago
  Never heard. Googling "Huffing Bleach". And indeed it really seems to be a thing. Anyways in Finnish Army Guerrilla Book you need only one drop of bleach for every 250 ml, and 24 hrs, to make it totally safe for any kind of use.
bjtitus 5y ago
This seems kind of like taking antibiotics to help with stomach bugs. I wonder how the nasal microbiome [1] is affected by this and whether chronic prophylactic treatment would be more harmful than helpful on a large scale. Early on there were papers [2] suggesting oral and nasal rinsing to reduce COVID prior to vaccine availability. [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074508/ [2]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7436790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7436790/
- timonoko 5y ago
  I have been using nasal flush "as needed", not all the time. Which means that everytime there is slightest irritation in nasal cavities, I start flushing. So no common cold for 50 years. But in this Covid-era I have been flushing everytime I been exposed to humans in tight spaces. Luckily I have in my neighborhood very unpopular and expensive food market with no other customers.

engmgrmgr 5y ago

You invented huffing bleach?

timonoko 5y ago
Never heard. Googling "Huffing Bleach". And indeed it really seems to be a thing. Anyways in Finnish Army Guerrilla Book you need only one drop of bleach for every 250 ml, and 24 hrs, to make it totally safe for any kind of use.

bjtitus 5y ago

This seems kind of like taking antibiotics to help with stomach bugs. I wonder how the nasal microbiome [1] is affected by this and whether chronic prophylactic treatment would be more harmful than helpful on a large scale. Early on there were papers [2] suggesting oral and nasal rinsing to reduce COVID prior to vaccine availability. [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7074508/ [2]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7436790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7436790/

timonoko 5y ago
I have been using nasal flush "as needed", not all the time. Which means that everytime there is slightest irritation in nasal cavities, I start flushing. So no common cold for 50 years. But in this Covid-era I have been flushing everytime I been exposed to humans in tight spaces. Luckily I have in my neighborhood very unpopular and expensive food market with no other customers.