New nasal spray blocks 99.99% of flu and Covid viruses

[EllsworthToohey]

Originally published at: New nasal spray blocks 99.99% of flu and Covid viruses - Boing Boing

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[RadioSilence]

P-CANS?

[sqlrob]

[anon29537550]

I am instantly leery of any study claiming 100% anything. (And looking for images of pecans up noses yielded nothing at all, bummer.) I would also be interested in the tolerance of the sensation of having a schnoz full of goo. Seems like that would be uncomfortable. But I look forward to further info!

[gabe_oakes]

I’m curious how long a spray would provide protection. Minutes holds little value. Hours could be useful depending on how much you notice. Days seems unlikely.

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[thomasta]

@anon29537550

claiming 100% anything

They hedged it with the word almost, so throw your incredulity aside.

@anon29537550

schnoz full of goo

I’m no ENT, but it sounds like it would make it difficult to breathe through your nose. Sounds like a ploy to turn us all into mouth breathers.

But you can still inhale germs through your mouth, so maybe a few squirts down the gullet, too. Can’t get sick if you can’t breathe.

[elliotk]

They have not studied PCANS directly in humans

Seems like an important caveat

[anon15383236]

@thomasta

Sounds like a ploy to turn us all into mouth breathers.

Copying the tactics of corporate media will surely leave them in the dust.

[chicagobee]

Directly below the article, “Around the web”…

[Bonivus_elderheart]

:: groans :: You sir, get the dad pun of the day award.

[awfulhorrid]

If you shove them up your nose that’ll certainly help you keep from getting sick from airborne illnesses; mostly because no one will want to get close enough to you to be within the infection zone!

[FGD135]

[bcsizemo]

Wait, I thought the answer was HAIR. I mean everything says that nose hair is there to capture germs. Personally I think that’s a complete crock. If there was some evolutionary drive for nose hair to help capture germs then my kids should be sprouting hair like a Chia-pet. Or at least once they hit the teenager years and start to grow body hair…not when they crest over 40.

I mean, I might could deal with this, but I’d rather mask up with a real respirator mask than spend hours with a fake booger.

[evadrepus]

Yup, this is where the big difference in drug making is versus science - in vitro vs in vivo. All sorts of stuff happens in vitro, i.e. petri dishes and the like, that isn’t reproduceable in humans.

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[anon29537550]

[thomasta]

@evadrepus

in vitro vs in vivo.

Don’t forget in vino