Via Insty, a very interesting factoid:
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is an airborne disease transmitted via aerosols, which are spread from the oral and nasal cavities—the mouth and the nose. In addition to the well-known division and spread of the virus in the cells of the respiratory tract, SARS-CoV-2 is also known to infect the cells of the lining of the mouth and the salivary glands.
Commercially available mouthwashes contain a number of antibiotic and antiviral components that act against microorganisms in the mouth. One of these, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), has been shown by a team of researchers led by Professor Kyoko Hida at Hokkaido University to reduce the viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in the mouth, primarily by disrupting the lipid membrane surrounding the virus. While there are other chemicals with similar effects, CPC has the advantage of being tasteless and odorless. Their findings were published in the journal Scientific Reports.
I use Scope mouthwash at least twice a day (morning and bedtime, but this is not repeat NOT a product endorsement) — have done so for years — and yes, it contains CPC, according to their own blurb.
Of course, future studies may find that cetylpyridinium chloride causes hair to grow on your liver or something, but sufficient unto the day, as a wise man once said.
I should also point out that this prophylactic measure is not exactly a new thing:
Perhaps if schools still did this kind of thing — you know, stuff that is actually helpful as opposed to crap like CRT indoctrination — the whole Covid lockdown bullshit may have been avoided.
just imagine how, if properly used, it might have negated the entire AIDS “epidemic”
I’m thinking the gargling would have had to be done in another place
May Randi Weingarten drown in a vat of CPC.
” . . . the whole Covid lockdown bullshit may have been avoided . . . ”
Not with The Current Occupant, his handlers and lackies, and Democrat governors in Blue states (and Democrat governors in Red states, alas) and THEIR lackies in power.
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.”
Not saying the ChiComs did it on purpose — nor discounting the possibility — but they sure as hell found out how much we’d be willing to cripple our economy in the name of “protecting the PEEEEPUL.” They’re a lot of things, but stupid isn’t one of them.
I don’t think I’ve *ever* seen such neat handwriting on a chalkboard. Certainly not nowadays (and I don’t exempt myself from my implicit criticism of modern penmanship).