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Mouthwash is typically alcohol based. Alcohol is a pretty good disinfectant in general. But it's efficacy will really only be decent while it's in your mouth.
by bena 3y ago
Mouthwash is typically alcohol based. Alcohol is a pretty good disinfectant in general.
But it's efficacy will really only be decent while it's in your mouth. Once it gets diluted past a certain point, it's not going to be doing anything. You'd probably have similar results with vodka.
- autoexec 3y agoI know doctors who recommended drinking whiskey early in the pandemic for that reason (and also the usual reasons people dealing with trauma reach for whiskey)