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Ferrets Receive Nasal Spray To Successfully Prevent Covid-19 – Forbes
While masks are now considered tried and true methods of blocking transmission, a new study looked at blocking the virus directly in the nose.
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Covid-19 infections are typically transmitted via respiratory droplets in the nose or the mouth. While masks and physical distance are now considered tried and true methods of blocking transmission, a new study looked at blocking the virus directly in the nose, even after it gets there. Well, in the nose of a ferret, that is. Why ferrets? Apparently mustelids, a meat-eating family of mammals including weasels, badgers, ferrets, minks, and wolverines, are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2…
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