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Although I expect regular iodine solutions or tinctures will deactivate coronavirus at time you apply it, I am not sure if they will have a persistent effect. Iodine is slowly released from povidone-iodine, which I think may underlie its long-lasting action.

One major route of transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is via touching your mouth, nose or eyes after your hands have been in contact with a virally-contaminated surface. Thus washing your hands when you get home is important, and in addition, when you are out and about, applying an...

In which case, I guess the calculation will provide a minimum figure for the number infected.

I found the mathematics of engineer Tomas Pueyo very interesting: he proposes a good method of calculating the number of infected people, simply based on the current number of deaths. He worked out that at any point in time, the number of infected people in a region will be around 800 times the...

Zoonotic I think is the word you mean. My Google-fu must be strong today, as I managed to find the opposite term: anthroponotic.

It's possible prior IBS might help set the stage for ME/CFS. ME/CFS is usually triggered after a viral infection. Perhaps if that virus meets an immune system that is dysfunctional because of IBS, maybe the immune response does not properly deal with the virus, and that leads to ME/CFS. One...

Maybe I misinterpreted the paper. I had the impression the authors were saying 65% of their IBS patients went on to develop ME/CFS (at some point later). But perhaps the authors meant that 65% of the IBS patients they see also have ME/CFS. Generally speaking there is a strong association...

Just realized these figures do not add up: the prevalence of IBS in the general population is estimated to be between 10% and 20%. So if 65% of those with IBS go on to get ME/CFS, that would be a lot of cases of ME/CFS, much higher than the generally agreed ME/CFS prevalence of 0.2%.

Extraordinary study! They found that 65% of people with IBS later went on to get ME/CFS, as defined by the ICC. So this clearly shows prior IBS is a major risk factor for developing ME/CFS. They also found that 86% of IBS patients had extensive antibiotics as a child. So: Extensive...

Depending on the test, "positive" can mean several things: if it was an adenovirus antibody test, positive can mean that you caught adenovirus in the past, but the infection is now under control and dormant.

This study has been discussed perviously on ME/CFS forums. I will copy and paste what I wrote in 2015 in this post, to stimulate discussion: The authors found a twofold increase in the risk of developing ME/CFS in those who were diagnosed with H1N1 swine flu. I assume this increase in risk...

Possibly, but toxins which might make you more susceptible to viral infection may not necessarily also increase asthma or lung cancer incidence. That could be a factor if the appropriate hospital treatment of this infection (such as oxygen) is able to save lives, and that treatment were to...

WHO confirms 1200 cases outside China, and 8 deaths = 0.67% death rate So the death rate outside China seems to be lower than the overall reported death rate in China, which is around 2%. But a lower death rate can also be found inside China: looking at the figures on this coronavirus map, in...

Yes it's around 61% of ME/CFS patients getting tested who are diagnosed positive for CCI with Dr Bolognese, 96% diagnosed positive for CCI with Dr Gilete, 92% positive with Dr Henderson. The lower figure of Dr B may reflect the fact he has more applications than he can offer surgery to, so...

Another thing which reduces the acquisition of respiratory infections is simple water gargling: see this study. So when you get back home, washing your hands and then water gargling might be an idea.

Yes, that occurred to me too. In that respect, even a simple surgical mask might be useful. But I was thinking of another strategy to prevent pathogens on the hands getting into the mouth, nose or eyes: Applying a diluted povidone-iodine solution to the hands before you go out. If you dilute...

Interesting considerations, @Graham. One thought: perhaps the incidence figures might be exaggerated because of the phenomenon of post-viral fatigue, which can last one or two years before clearing up on its own. This paper on CFS after glandular fever in adolescents showed that one year...

Because of a shortage and thus the high cost of face masks. You may want to wear a fresh mask daily, but you might not be able to get hold of them for a reasonable price. In China there is a shortage because unsurprisingly everyone is buying them. This mask shortage will undoubtedly hit other...

Well the doctor in China said using alcohol to disinfect a mask was viable, in the article I linked to earlier: Face masks can be used repeatedly after disinfection: doctors

I appreciate it has not been tested, but that does not mean it will not work. Though I take your point about the alcohol perhaps not reaching all nooks and crannies of the mask and the dirt therein. In this respect, oven heat would be a more effective way to sterilize a mask. Yes true, there...