Can Chewing Gum Stop the Spread of Flu, Covid, Herpes, Bird-Flu or Even... Ebola?
What about Bird Flu, Measles or even Ebola?! Imagine another pandemic where everyone refuses to wear a mask or agree to get injected with a fast-tracked vaccine for another novel virus? What if you have the flu and like a lot of people these days despite how miserable you are you still must go to work or you literally can't feed your family or pay your electric bill that week! Or consider this scenario, you have Covid and also have an infection in a tooth; the pain is disabling so a trip to the dentist to have that tooth pulled is non-negotiable. Or... like millions of people, you believe that wearing a mask will not reduce the spread of infection. What do you do? In the global battle against infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance, scientists may have stumbled upon a surprising solution: chewing gum. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine, in collaboration with Finnish scientists, have developed an antiviral chewing gum that signif...