1.AbstractMore in vitro studies recently demonstrated a 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 2019-nCoV may be relying on a “complicit”; be it a particular organism (e.g., bacterial species) or a state of dysbiosis in general. On this premise, the regular use of potent disinfectant (Hydrogen peroxide 2% and chlorhexidine gluconate mixed solution) for oral rinsing and gargling three times daily, through the repeated reduction in microbial load, was tested to determine whether it can induce a strain sufficient to inhibit reciprocal altruism, and hence halt the progression of the disease.The outcome tested in terms of the change COVID19 PCR and its average Cycle threshold (CT) value for nasopharyngeal-oropharyngeal swabs from the baseline (at diagnosis), changes in the clinical category (improvement Vs. deterioration), and the final disposition (discharge Vs. Death) in different disease categories.Our findings showed, upon the regular use of mouthwash, more symptoms improvement after two days of treatment, a higher conversion rate to “COVID19-negative PCR” by five days of treatment, and less intubation and mortality, with all P-value < 0.05.There was also a trend of improvement in other outcome variables, though with no significant statistical difference; namely “shorter hospital stay,” “less progression in Oxygen requirements,” “less rate of plasma transfusion,” and “extent of improvement” in terms of disposition relative to the clinical category on admission.These findings can be justified by the complicit hypothesis, predicting a rather preventive than a therapeutic advantage for the regular use of potent mouthwash as an additional control measure at the community level.