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From: sdo@faron.UUCP (Sean David O'Neil)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Re: Cure My Cold, Please
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Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 14:40:27 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 15 14:40:27 1985
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In article <1239@bbncc5.UUCP> jr@bbncc5.UUCP (John Robinson) writes:
>I read about medicated Kleenex in Consumer's.  They were skeptical,
>but repeated positive trial results.  They thought that the medication
>(don't remember whether it was Vitamin C or something else - but not
>iodine) might work by killing the germs in your wastebasket, as I
>recall.
>
>I think the product is in test-marketing somewhere, maybe the NE (but
>I haven't yet seen it).

Yes, indeed, the product is in test-marketing.  My parents get it
in good old Albany, NY.  It is called "Avert" and is made by
Kleenex.  It comes in a blue box with white medical crosses on
it.  It's been there for a good 8-10 months now, as best I can
remember.  My mom says it works pretty well for our family.
Oh, yeah.  It uses vitamin C as the active ingredient.

Sean