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Chewing gum to block COVID-19? Penn researchers hope so, but there’s a long way to go.

Results seem promising but there are a number of reasons we can’t view this gum as a pandemic gamechanger just yet.

A medical worker hands a COVID-19 test with chewing gum to a child near Rome, Could gum become more than a treat in the fight against COVID?
A medical worker hands a COVID-19 test with chewing gum to a child near Rome, Could gum become more than a treat in the fight against COVID?Read moreAndrew Medichini / AP