Article: Vicks VapoRub.(Reader Mail)(Letter to the Editor)

Dear Dr. SerVaas,

After I have a cold, I boil my toothbrushes to disinfect them because I've been told that germs can live on the bristles. My question is, can the common cold virus live in Vicks VapoRub? I sometimes apply the ointment into my nostrils to relieve a stuffy nose.

Mable Johnson

Buffalo, New York

You ask a good question. VapoRub ...

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