On the Possible Beneficial Role for the Regular Use of Potent Mouthwash Solutions as a Preventive Measure for Covid19 Transmission; Invoking the Evolutionary Biology and Game Theory

In vitro studies demonstrated bactericidal and virucidal role for some of the over-the-counter mouthwash solutions. Meanwhile, Game theory and evolutionary biology suggests that inhibiting cooperation -reciprocal altruism- between two organisms can negatively affect their survival, based on a set of relevant publications, it is proposed here that "SARS-COV-2" may be relying on an "accomplice"; be it a certain organism (e.g. bacterial species), or a state of dysbiosis in general. On this premise, the regular use of potent disinfectant, through the repeated reduction in microbial load, may be able to induce a strain sufficient to inhibit reciprocal altruism, and hence halt the progression of the disease, as observed in the majority of those tested positive worldwide, yet with mild or no symptoms. We cite a group of observations related to COVID, that can be justified by the complicit hypothesis, predict a rather preventive than therapeutic advantage, suggestive for a possible role for the regular use of potent mouthwash as an additional control measure in the community level.