In a strange incident, a woman in the UK drank her own urine for four consecutive days with her children after watching a questionable video on the internet claiming it was a cure for the coronavirus.
Healthwatch Central Health London, in a recent report, revealed that the family was the victim of fake news spread on social messaging site WhatsApp.
The woman, a London resident, drank her own urine after receiving a WhatsApp transfer from her friend claiming it was a cure for the coronavirus.
According to reports, the woman did not believe in the coronavirus vaccine and was convinced that Bill and Melinda Gates had “compromised” the vaccine.
The woman told WCHL that she does not believe in the vaccine but rather believes in “traditional” remedies for the coronavirus.
The woman reportedly drank her own urine and forced her children to drink theirs for four days before realizing the remedy was probably not working.
The news comes amid widespread reports of fake news and quick fixes to the coronavirus. A 2020 study in the United States found that then President Donald Trump was the world’s biggest contributor to disinformation about Covid-19 during the pandemic, a Cornell University study said Thursday.
A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by traditional English-language media around the world between January 1 and May 26 of this year.
These have been categorized into 11 main sub-themes, ranging from conspiracy theories and attacks on top scientist Anthony Fauci to the idea that the virus is a biological weapon unleashed by China.
But by far the most popular topic was what the study authors called “miracle cures,” which featured in 295,351 articles – more than the other 10 topics combined.
The authors found that President Trump’s comments resulted in major spikes in the topic of ‘miracle cures’, led by his April 24 press briefing where he was considering the possibility of using disinfectants inside the body. to cure the coronavirus.
Similar peaks were seen when he promoted unproven treatments like hydroxychloroquine.
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