There ’s been a lot of fake news show about the coronavirus propagate around the net since the outbreak begin .
Some of it has been ( relatively ) harmless , if a minuscule weird , like the " intelligence " that Russia was releasing 500 lions into the streets to push people indoors during the pandemic . The story was even partake by the UK legion ofThe Apprentice , which I guess makes him the British Trump .
The trope is really taken from Johannesburg , South Africa in 2016 , and exhibit a lion that had been borrowed from a lion parkland for film by a production company , Snopes reports . Russia , as yet , is n’t even under a countrywide lockdown , although Putin hasdeclared next week a holidayand urge on people to last out at rest home .
When these phony stories are put online , they are at least ( again , relatively ) easy to set . Lord Sugar was widely corrected for believe that actual lions were patrolling the street of Russia . But then there are more difficult rumour to even off , storey share via so - called " dark societal medium " , where electronic mail and texts are share privately through messenger apps and email without any ( digital or otherwise ) informant of information .
A lot of these have been going around lately , some of which have prompted debunks from the World Health Organization .
" estimable NEWS ! ! ! " one read . " Wuhan ’s Coronavirus can cure itself * by a bowl of impertinently boiled garlic water . The old Chinese doctor proved its effectiveness . "
I ’ll just leap in here – if an old Chinese doctor had try its effectiveness it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the world , not forward to you and five ally in a poorly worded textbook by Uncle Frank .
The text then go on to paint a picture a recipe of 8 chopped garlic cloves roil in water , which will result you " better and cure overnight " . To be clear it in spades wo n’t heal you , and it does n’t even sound like an acceptable soup .
Another , more dangerous one that has beenshared 30,000 times on Facebook , claims :
" Take a deep breath and hold your breath for more than 10 seconds . If you complete it successfully without coughing , without discomfort , closeness or tightness , etc , it try there is no fibrosis in the lungs , basically signal no infection . "
This one has potentially more serious import to it , as it could stimulate people who have the computer virus to not seek treatment or to refrain from ego - isolating , and other patient role to search treatment ( and therefore potentially come into inter-group communication with the virus ) when they do n’t need to .
“ Most young patients with coronavirus will be able to hold their breaths for much longer than 10 seconds , " Faheem Younus MD , Chief Quality Officer and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Maryland , tweetedin a repudiation screw thread . " And many elderly without the virus wo n’t be able to do it . ”
Another , more late WhatsApp put-on has prompt citizenry online to retrieve about room they can get their parents to stop disperse misinformation . There is likely a content going around that the administration ( it does n’t narrow down which ) is plan on spray the streets with disinfectant from helicopters to prevent the gap .
Again , this would be on the intelligence if this was the lawsuit , not just in your family WhatsApp mathematical group .
People are report arguing with their parents over text message about this piece of bastard tidings .
One person deal his method acting for getting his parents to stop spreading imitation newsworthiness . By , uh , falsify some news program .
We can argue over the ethics of this , but he and others have say they had some success with the method acting .
Although we ’d argue that the honest method acting is to point them to verified word generator , or thedebunk section of the World Health Organization website .
