"Also, since both silver and fire are microbicidal, perhaps there is a vampire/disease connection. Certainly, therianthropy is a disease, and historically, vampire mythology has been linked to European plagues. In that case, bleach and iodine might be effective poisons against vampires. People afraid of vampire attacks might mix hand sanitizer in with pepper spray. Agencies suffering budget cuts might coat a combat knife in a paste made with expired antibiotics—it might not work, but hey, better than nothing, right?"
Yep, this. Not to mention that garlic is antibacterial. I think a surprising number of antisupernatural things also prevented disease or food spoiling, like salt, herbs, and so on. Except stuff like wolfsbane that was just highly poisonous.
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Date: 2013-12-08 04:55 pm (UTC)Yep, this. Not to mention that garlic is antibacterial. I think a surprising number of antisupernatural things also prevented disease or food spoiling, like salt, herbs, and so on. Except stuff like wolfsbane that was just highly poisonous.