Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace is demanding answers from the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) about why the federal agency has not promoted nasal sprays as a treatment and prevention of COVID-19. In a four-page letter released to The Epoch Times, Mace asks HHS Secretary Xavier Beccera why the agency has ignored studies that show that nasal sprays are an effective treatment of COVID-19 and why it hasn’t promoted their use to the public during the pandemic. The freshman South Carolina House Republican implies a coverup by HHS and other federal agencies over the benefits of nasal sprays against COVID-19 in her letter. “It has come to my attention that even prior to the initial vaccines, HHS, and its components; the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), were aware of data and expert determinations that simple nasal hygiene could serve as an effective additional …