In a bizarre incident, a woman in London drank urine for 4 days along with her children because she believed it could cure COVID.??
According to a News18 report, she kept on doing it until she realised it was probably not going to work.
Healthwatch Central Health London in a report discovered that the family was victim to fake news that was circulating on WhatsApp. The woman got the WhatsApp forward from a friend of hers and followed the advice blindly.?
The woman reportedly did not believe in the vaccine and felt that Bill and Melinda Gates had "compromised" it. She was more into traditional cures.?
Sadly such news is not an isolated incident. There have been reports of fake news regarding COVID and also its cure. A 2020 study showed in USA that Donald Trump was the biggest spreader of misinformation regarding the virus. This study was conducted by Cornell University.?
A team in Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published between January 1 and May 26 last year.?
The most common topic was 'miracle cures' which was in 295,351 articles.?
Just shows how people can easily believe anything without verifying the facts.
Disclaimer: While there have been several different types of treatments being given to COVID-19 patients across the world, there isn't any one drug that has worked as a sure-shot treatment yet. Don’t self medicate/stock up and always consult your doctor/medical health professional.