[thematrixturtle]

I thought the medical consensus these days is aligning on mouthwash being actively harmful? Kills good bacteria in your mouth, increases risk of oral cancer, etc.

[jafitc]

if you're worried, you just need to buy a non-alcohol non-chlorhexidine based one. Listerine offers it too.

https://www.listerine.com/mouthwash/listerine-zero

[IncRnd]

You're thinking of mouthwash with ethanol alcohol.

[noduerme]

Listerine is 21% to 26% ethanol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listerine

Personally, too weak for me; I gargle with moonshine.

[waych]

This may be medical disinfo. Listerine was long considered a great remedy and preventative care against flus and colds for a long time. This was lobbied against, they were sued and the ftc made them stop advertising as such.

[astrange]

Why would a mouthwash be effective against a virus in your nose?

Using alcoholic mouthwash is bad for the same reason taking antibiotics is - and you may actually want to take oral probiotics for the same reason the ones you eat are healthy. Though I don't know the current state of evidence for them.

[thematrixturtle]

"Disinfo" by who, exactly?

Mouthwash is a very American phenomenon though, AFAIK it's not used as commonly anywhere else in the world. Which suggests at least part of its American popularity is due to marketing.

[bennysomething]

I'm not in America and I use it twice a day, non alcoholic one though. Dentists have all told me it's good to use. is it not!?

[eptcyka]

My dentist has told me it's useless.