De: "That's probably the case, but it's not your theory...Unfortunately, there are many other viruses that don't need to take root in the nose. You're still going to catch colds even if you use your Neti-pot diligently."
I'm trying to make sense of your statement (figure out exactly what you mean).
(1) It IS my theory, because I have adopted it as my theory, beginning a decade ago. That others have the same, or similar theory, doesn't make it exclusive.
What it is, is a substantially unproven theory: Despite mountains of circumstantial evidence, and much more than a little bit of common sense, it needs to be tested rigorously, under controlled conditions, and I am not aware that has ever been done (no financial incentive while so many make so much from the status quo).
But it is the latter statement you made that puzzles me even more: "You're still going to catch colds even if you use your Neti-pot diligently"?
Now, I first took that to mean that you had read something which indicates that some "colds" don't require the nose. I did a quick look and didn't find anything addressing that question. I allow that a minority of colds are BACTERIAL. Whether they also breed first in the nasal passages, I don't know. Whether they would be amenable to netti pot, I don't know (although I would think so).
Please lay out your evidence/research or, otherwise, qualify your statements a bit?
FWIW, I'm okay with "my theory" being disproven. I would mostly just like better "science" -- say, something better than the leeches and evil spirit incantations which have dominated the field of airborne "medicine" the last 3+ years!!! The facts ought to be out there by now. Even issues like N95 masks being -- nor not being -- effective against respiratory viruses ought to have been tested to death 30+ years ago. That the CDC and FDA, etc. had NOT done any "science" on these fundamentals before Covid showed up is, IMO, inexcusable.
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