RE: VLG to take part in COVID-19 clinical trial for mouthwash24 Aug 2020 10:52
This may be a trial where there is a common sense idea but the science will not be strong enough to have much effect on bodies like WHO, PHE.
As they are treating pts with Covid, it seems common sense that if they breathe out through a throat that has some ability to impact the virus that the exhaled air may have lower levels of effective virus. So like wearing a mask it might help others rather than the user.
If this is the case there may be an uptake in places that require hand sanitiser to add mouth sanitising to the regime, but a gargle and spit regime will meet resistance so they will need to make it into a spray Mechanism.
The main limitation is going to be duration of effect.....the mouth will be a difficult environment to sustain a presence of the chemicals so it may be of limited use.
Science may suggest a benefit, but practicalities may get in the way of adoption.
Not excited by this news - but like the direction the company is going.