Does mouthwash help against the corona virus?
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The Corona virus keeps people in suspense, even if the first corona loosening was not only implemented in this country. And rumors continue to proliferate about how to prevent Covid 19 infection and the spread of the virus can contain. The claim that the chemicals contained in the mouthwash can already sufficiently damage the coronavirus in the mouth and throat is still circulating on the net. But can that really be true?
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Coronavirus News: Does Mouthwash Covid 19 Disease?
Now the World Health Organization (WHO) of the topic and expressed itself in relation to the mouthwash theory. According to the British Daily Star, an investigation indicated that the liquid could possibly damage the protective membrane of the virus by taking mouthwash, and that a Covid-19 infection could be destroyed prematurely before human cells were infected.
Mouthwash does not protect against coronavirus, according to the WHO
Despite the expert opinion, the WHO currently continues to believe that there is “no evidence” that gargling with mouthwash could protect against the coronavirus or Covid 19 disease. At the same time, however, the organization has called for “immediate studies” to be launched to find out more about the effects of mouthwash chemicals in the fight against the deadly virus.
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Corona study: chemicals in mouthwash could fight coronavirus
Commercially available mouthwashes in their current composition should not be able to prevent the coronavirus, as experts explain, according to the “Daily Star”. Rather, the chemicals used in it should be examined in a study. Professor O’Donnell of the Systems Immunity Research Institute at Cardiff University said: “In test tube experiments and limited clinical trials, some mouthwashes contain enough known virucidal ingredients to effectively fight lipids in similar enveloped viruses.”
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