Donald Trump (above) caused an uproar among the public after his suggestion to ingest disinfectants to get rid of COVID-19.
As a matter of fact, many health
experts around the world state that
washing hands in plain soap and
water for at least 20 seconds is the
best way to get your hands clean in
most situations.
Another common myth that seems
somewhat believable compared to
others is that gargling salt water can
kill the coronavirus. This claim was
later refuted by the same experts
they were refuted to, as the coronavirus
settles in the respiratory tract
and cannot be cleaned out by rinsing
the mouth.
On the other hand, many nonsensical
and outrageous “remedies” and
“cures” have been recommended by
internet trolls, self-proclaimed medical
experts and wellness gurus that
somehow were eaten up by gullible
individuals even though no scientific
evidence even exists to back up
their claims.
Some of the alternative medicines
and prevention advice pushed onto
people by these ‘experts’ include using
a mixture of addictive substances
including nicotine and cocaine as
a vaccine, wearing an antiviral pendant,
and even smearing cow feces
on your body.
One politician in India has even advocated
a “cure” to COVID-19 by
drinking Indian cow urine despite
local scientists’ refutation which
states that there is no evidence that
cow excrement has any antiviral effects.
Some have even taken advantage of
the pandemic situation to peddle
their faith and religion to people.
One such American televangelist,
Kenneth Copeland, urged his followers
to touch their televisions to
get “vaccinated” from the virus.
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Despite the influx of misinformation
being an ongoing problem during
the pandemic, there is a silver lining
in all of this.
That silver lining being that this explosion
of pseudoscientific information
has set off a movement of
sorts consisting of fact-checkers and
debunkers of these bits of misinformation.
Pseudoscience has always been a
problem within society long before
the pandemic and was around before
the internet even existed to begin
with.
The dissemination of pseudoscientific
information has plagued the
world for centuries if not decades
now, but it would be no exaggeration
to say that this issue is being
tackled even more seriously than
ever before.
Health experts and regulators have