Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Bear milk Recently, it has become the target of the community amid the surge in Covid-19 cases. There are many myths circulating about bear milk in the community.
One that is currently developing is that bear milk can cure Covid-19.
Not only that, for a long time the myth surrounding bear’s milk has developed with some people believing that this milk can cure disease, it is even called healthier than other milk.
Here are five facts behind the myth about bear milk.
1. Not treating Covid-19
The head of the Covid-19 Task Force for the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI), Zubairi Djoerban, said that drinking bear milk cannot treat Covid-19.
Zubairi explained that the content of bear milk cannot kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19. This means that drinking bear milk will not necessarily make Covid-19 patients recover.
“Bear milk to treat Covid-19, yes, of course you can’t. Bear milk cannot kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19,” said Zubairi, when contacted by CNNIndonesia.com, Sunday (4/7).
2. Does not cure disease
Community Nutritionist Doctor Tan Shot Yen said bear milk cannot cure various diseases as people believe.
The assumption that bear milk can cure diseases such as fever, flu, cough, or others is just a myth that surrounds bear milk products.
“All this time overclaim the product has never been improved, the public has wrong assumptions, the public’s nutritional literacy is minimal, finally there are beliefs that are formed as public opinion. What should be a myth is turned into truth. On the other hand, scientific facts are completely ignored,” said Tan Shot Yen when contacted by CNNIndonesia.com, Sunday (4/7).
Check out the facts behind other bear milk myths on the following page.
No better than other milk
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