The FDA and the FTC have sent warning letters to at least five companies marketing a wide range of antiseptic nasal sprays containing xylitol, saline, povidone-iodine, or some combination of these ingredients. The companies cited studies demonstrating their nasal sprays were able to neutralize and kill the coronavirus. We also have learned that the nose is the dominant site where the virus replicates and infects other areas of the body. Rather than widely disseminating this important public health information, the FTC and the FDA are ruthlessly banning this information and taking these companies to court to silence them. The CDC, whose mission is to increase the “health security” of our nation, has flatly refused to advise Americans to use nasal rinses despite the mountain of evidence showing they work. This highlights everything wrong with our healthcare system.

What kinds of claims were these companies making that required the government to clamp down?

Xlear, which makes a nasal spray with xylitol, saline, and grapefruit seed extract, was censored by the FTC for simply discussing the results of more than a dozen studies demonstrating the plausibility of using its nasal spray to help with COVID. These studies show that Xlear destroyed 99.9 percent of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that xylitol blocks the adhesion of bacteria and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, to human tissue, and that the use of nasal sprays for COVID decreases viral activity in the nasal pathway, prevents transmission, expedites recovery, decreases disease severity, and reduces hospitalization and mortality.