“consuming more vitamin C reduces the spread of the corona virus.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Feb 2020.
Vishvas News rated thisFALSE
What Vishvas News found
Eating too much vitamin C cannot prevent the spread of the corona virus. There is no evidence that consuming high amounts of vitamin C will prevent the spread of the corona virus.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 February 2020. Vishvas News (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 May 2020, 102 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.md/quFaI
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