The importance of being cautious while accepting ' research results'

Recently I came across some reports in new papers/ magazines that said : 

Pizza ingredient may ward of virus causing food-borne diseases.

Carvacrol, the primary active component in oregano oil, effectively kills norovirus, a common cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in hospitals, schools and cruise ships, according to a study led by University of Arizona researcher Kelly Bright  found that carvacrol - the substance in oregano oil that gives the pizza herb its distinctive warm and aromatic smell and flavour - is effective against norovirus, causing the breakdown of the virus' tough outer coat.

Norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting disease, is the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhoea around the world. "Carvacrol could potentially be used as a food sanitiser and possibly as a surface sanitiser, particularly in conjunction with other antimicrobials. The researchers have firmly said they still have some work to do to assess its potential as carvacrol is an interesting prospect.

This was where the researchers were cautious.

But several news papers/ magazines around the world thought this was an eye ball attracting news as it include 'pizza' one of popular foods among youngsters and grabbed the opportunity to report it.

And my nieces and nephews and their friends who are pizza crazy and consume it a lot and warned by me several times not to go over board with the food item, grabbed this opportunity with both hands -  waving the news papers that reported this before my eyes and saying pizza is not all that bad! They had their moment of  happiness until I told them this...

..."Wait a minute, my dears", I told them,... "there is a twist in the story... because according to some scientists...

Oregano Oil Kills Norovirus—but Not Enough (Ref 2)
Oregano oil cut numbers of the mouse version of norovirus 10-fold. Its active ingredient was better: a 10,000-fold reduction. But bleach achieves a million-fold reduction.
Internet herb stores claim that swallowing oregano oil can cure your cold or flu.  But the devil's in the details. Oregano oil is an antimicrobial, and can even kill off that tough cruise ship plague, norovirus—but there's no evidence it can do so inside your body, these scientists say. It works to inactivate pathogens before they get inside.
Researchers experimented on the mouse form of norovirus—genetically similar to the hard-to-grow human strain. They treated virus colonies with solutions of either four percent oregano oil, or half a percent carvacrol—the active ingredient.

Turns out oregano oil cut virus numbers by 10-fold. Carvacrol: 10,000-fold. In comparison, bleach achieves a million-fold reduction. The results appear in the Journal of Applied Microbiology (ref 1).

So, oregano oil's nowhere near as effective as bleach. But it's nontoxic, and has no noxious fumes. Unless you hate the smell of oregano. So study author Kelly Bright of the University of Arizona says it could be useful in food-safety settings: “You could maybe reduce the amount of bleach you're using by throwing in some carvacrol or essential oil.” But just don't expect it to cure you, once you've got the bug (ref 2).

Now my young friends are sulking. And I am smiling!

But I think news papers should show caution before they report anything. Half baked stories and research can mislead people!

This is the difference between the ordinary world and the scientific world, Scientists and journalists.

References:
1. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jam.12453/abstract
2. http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/oregano-oil-antiv...