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Re:Don has never had Covid. Now volunteers can put his uniqu... by belltaco on Monday July 17, 2023 @02:38PM (#36762203)
> Especially considering that there is no other research suggesting that either xylitol or grape fruit extract is protective against COVID. Both are antimicrobials (i.e., antibacterial) but COVID is a virus

There are pre-print studies suggesting antiviral activity.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.19.225854v1....

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.23.394114v1....

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Re:Don has never had Covid. Now volunteers can put his uniqu... by gamblor956 on Monday July 17, 2023 @07:38PM (#36765660)
No, that 1st study merely confirms what is already known: that carageen has antiviral properties.

And the second link is just a precursor to the original study to make it seem like it was conducted separately (the researchers are the same). Even so, they found a concentration of greater than 80% was required for Xlear to have any statistical antiviral effects.

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