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[Kristin Meredith]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/coronavirus-covid19-mouthwash-kill-infection-110024444.html

I am the first to admit I know very little about alcohol, but given the reasoning set out in this article, does this mean if I bought something like gin and gargled with it everyday, that could possibly kill any COVID-19 in my mouth and throat?

[Bar-B-Lew]

Hmmm.  Maybe there is something to my beer and hot sauce philosophy to keeping a cold away that could now work for COVID-19.

[pmillen]

Let's say someone with COVID-19 gargles and kills the viruses resident in their throat.  How long before those viruses are replaced by more migrating from the lung?

[Kristin Meredith]

I wasn't so much thinking of someone with a case and maybe this reasoning makes no sense, but say you have been out and come home and gargle with an alcohol like gin, are they saying it would kill the virus before it took hold?

[hughver]

I knew that there was a benefit to drinking scotch neat. 

[slaga]

If the only way you could contract is by mouth, maybe. It appears you can also contract through your eyes. Do you plan on rinsing out your eyes with alcohol when you return too?

https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/coronavirus-transmission-through-eyes/

Also, if you breathed it in, odds are it likely made it to your lungs as quickly as it made it to your mouth/throat.

I am not a doctor, and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

P.S. Gargling with alcohol to prevent contracting COVID-19 seems a lot like washing 1 hand before preparing food. Sure it would help, but is not as good as washing both hands. The masks catching the virus as it exits one's nose/mouth, before it goes airborne, is the best way to prevent the spread.

[W6YJ]

I believe the hand sanitizers need to be at least 60% (120 proof) to be effective against Covid 19.

Not sure if my mouth could handle gargling with anything 120 proof or higher.

[BigDave83]

But unless you have the N95 mask you are not really stopping it.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Maybe you could wash down a Vitamin D capsule with the gin and get a two for one deal on preventative measures.

BTW, my doctor has had me on Vitamin D supplements for about 4.5 years.

[W6YJ]

But unless you have the N95 mask you are not really stopping it.

That is true. The cloth/fabric masks only stop the wearer from contaminating others from the wearer's expelled saliva droplets. The masks offer nearly zero protection to the person wearing it.

One of my daughters and her family live in Japan (MIsawa AFB) and in mid-February the first Covid 19 cases began showing up there. It was early enough to allow me to order N95 masks for them and the rest of our family here.

I am amazed at how many people are trying to rip off both individuals and government agencies with phony mask sales. Lots of folks headed to jail eventually.
 

[pmillen]

The cloth/fabric masks only stop the wearer from contaminating others from the wearer's expelled saliva droplets. The masks offer nearly zero protection to the person wearing it.

Yes.  That's the intent.  It's a good solution if everyone wears one.

[rfinley]

I've been gargling with a shot of moonshine 3 times a day since it started !!! I think it works but I can't remember if I've been sick 

[W6YJ]

The cloth/fabric masks only stop the wearer from contaminating others from the wearer's expelled saliva droplets. The masks offer nearly zero protection to the person wearing it.

Yes.  That's the intent.  It's a good solution if everyone wears one.

You are absolutely correct. I dislike wearing a mask, but have been anytime I am out of my vehicle.

Unfortunately, even though presently San Diego County requires the use of a mask or respirator when near others, many people don't seem to think it applies to them.

[Kristin Meredith]

The cloth/fabric masks only stop the wearer from contaminating others from the wearer's expelled saliva droplets. The masks offer nearly zero protection to the person wearing it.

Yes.  That's the intent.  It's a good solution if everyone wears one.

Except that you must still keep 6 feet apart from someone because the experts acknowledge that if both people are wearing masks and standing closer together, a person can still be infected with a cloth mask.  They emphasis that the only true  protection is the distance. Otherwise, we could all just wear masks and resume normal life -- going to movies, sporting events, sitting next to each other in restaurants.  But we can't. even with masks, we have to maintain distance.  That is why we live under the shut down rules.  If cloth masks solved this, we would not all be at home with closed businesses.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Does anyone know how many droplets it takes to get the virus?  Is it enough for someone to breath and their be some moisture that has droplets in it or does someone need to sneeze or spit on you?