{"id":26186,"date":"2020-07-13T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/could-this-50-nasal-spray-prevent-the-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2020-07-13T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T14:57:00","slug":"could-this-50-nasal-spray-prevent-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/could-this-50-nasal-spray-prevent-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"#Could this $50 nasal spray prevent the coronavirus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Could this $50 nasal spray prevent the coronavirus?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Don\u2019t want to wear a mask? Suck it up.<\/p>\n

A new $50 nasal spray is being touted as a way to squash the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The device, developed by Harvard\u2019s Dr. David Edwards, delivers a calcium chloride-based solution, similar to a saline spray, which could prevent viral shedding by up to 99% for as long as six hours, Edwards claims.<\/p>\n

It will come in a handheld pump, called the Nimbus, which can turn the mineral solution into a fine mist. The device doesn\u2019t need to be inserted in the nose \u2014 just held nearby so its user can breathe in the mist. While it\u2019s currently undergoing pilot testing, it could in theory be used by health care workers, or in public spaces such as restaurants, as a way to stop those infected with the virus from spreading it.<\/p>\n

Edwards, who is selling the spray via his company, Sensory Cloud, claims the solution could not only stop people from coughing out viral particles \u2014 it may also prevent its users from further inhaling those particles, infecting their lungs with the virus.<\/p>\n

The spray \u201ccleans the airways of the particles that potentially shuttle airborne viruses into and out of our lungs,\u201d Edwards told The Post. Since the spray doesn\u2019t contain drugs, FDA app<\/a>roval isn\u2019t needed.<\/p>\n

His product, which he hopes people will also use during a normal flu season, is a result of decades of research by experts including chemical engineer Dr. Michael Lipp, who co-authored a study in support of Sensory Cloud. The researchers had considered similar systems for past viral outbreaks, Lipp said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack then, even with the bird flu pandemic, it just never gained traction,\u201d he told The Post. \u201cBut, of course, now it just seems like it\u2019s a no brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lipp said people were reluctant to take-up preventative measures that made them personally responsible for the health of others, rather than focus on personal well-being.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was always a little bit slanted towards \u2018you\u2019re taking it yourself but you\u2019re helping other people,\u2019 \u201d he recalled<\/p>\n

Like face masks, Sensory Cloud is \u201cmore to stop you from exhaling particles than it is to block you from inhaling other people\u2019s particles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The calcium chloride-based solution, called FEND, isn\u2019t just any saline nasal spray, which can be purchased over-the-counter as a nasal decongestant, such as Afrin or Zicam. Lipp says the addition of calcium in their therapy is critical \u2014 and a result of several studies that put the mineral\u2019s \u201cantiviral\u201d properties to the test.<\/p>\n

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The discovery was part luck, according to Lipp, who said they originally added calcium, still considered \u201csafe\u201d enough for multiple daily whiffs, as a \u201cplacebo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were really surprised . . . But then when we measured people exhaling particles, it really knocked it down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve since tested the system on animals and humans, to treat smallpox, swine flu, anthrax and other airborne diseases. Over and over, the calcium-fortified saline was able to significantly mitigate the exhalation of infected respiratory droplets.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, it also proved to support personal prevention, reducing infection \u201cin both directions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is doing more than stopping them from selling particles, it\u2019s actually doing something to help their [personal] outcome,\u201d Lipp said.<\/p>\n

A study of 10 human volunteers found that the FEND solution with the Nimbus aerosol deliver pump \u201creduces exhaled particles between 45% and 99%,\u201d according to the report recently published in the Cambridge Coronavirus Collection. However, the study size was relatively small, and more testing is needed.<\/p>\n

The spray delivers a chemical reaction which traps infected droplets that might ordinarily get launched into the air (or travel<\/a> further into the body) when you cough or sneeze. At the same time, the pump delivers the spray to a very\u00a0specific part of the body \u2014 in the viral hot zone between your trachea and bronchi. The particle size it produces, 10 microns, is considered too big to travel all the way to your lungs, but too small to get trapped in your nostrils.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the system, which ships pre-orders in September, won\u2019t get you out of wearing a face mask.<\/p>\n

\u201cCleaning our airways of these particles is a hygienic measure that complements the wearing of face masks, the washing of hands, and social<\/a> distancing,\u201d said Edwards in a recent press release.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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