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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Dec 2021

      Genuine question. I once had a medical doctor who swore by saline nose/throat gargling for upper respiratory tract illnesses—he was a by the book, orthodox, evidence-based doc. I did not research it. Anyone know the evidentiary status of his claim? I did not see a recent review.

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    2. Alessandro Riolo‏ @aledeniz 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      I grew up in a seafaring family. All males were sailors, fishermen, naval engineers, and they all knew about sea water therapeutic usages for upper respiratory tract illness. If they noticed a child was having a runny nose or a sore throat, they would give them seawater.

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    3. michela basta‏ @iscel 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @aledeniz @zeynep

      Though, it's now two years I'm suffering from ear congestion, ear pain, and ringing in both ears because of a salty neti pot gone incredibly wrong... getting slowly, very slowly, better... but man!

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    4. Alessandro Riolo‏ @aledeniz 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @iscel @zeynep

      We wouldn’t use neti pots. One of my uncles would bring a bucket of seawater, or even a bottle, we would cup our hands, fill it with water, raise them and aspirate the seawater directly from the nose. Or gurgle in the throat. I do both routinely every time I swim on the sea.

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    5. michela basta‏ @iscel 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @aledeniz @zeynep

      It makes sense. Even in the most respectable yogi traditions that is the way to do it. I wish I had known this, alas.

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    6. Alessandro Riolo‏ @aledeniz 29 Dec 2021
      Replying to @iscel @zeynep

      In the XIX century and in the first half of the XX century the doctors were using sea water and sun to cure the tuberculosis in children. It was called thalassotherapy (cura marina or elio-marina). This was the “ospizio marino” of my home city in Sicily, foto by Enrico d’Amico:pic.twitter.com/YrwiEQOQvV

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Dec 2021
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      That's an amazing photo

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        2. Alessandro Riolo‏ @aledeniz 29 Dec 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @iscel

          Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=680100255373823&set=gm.589757457766985&type=3 …

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        3. Alessandro Riolo‏ @aledeniz 29 Dec 2021
          Replying to @aledeniz @zeynep @iscel

          Oh, I almost forgot, when my then 4 y.o. boy had covid-19 in November 2020, I sprayed seawater in his nostrils for 2 weeks, multiple times a day. He hates that, he was hospitalised for bronchiolitis 12 times from 7 to 30 months, and he has always hated it.

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