“Drinking water or keeping your throat wet can stop you catching coronavirus”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Feb 2020.
BBC Reality Check rated thisThere is no evidence for this
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 February 2020. BBC Reality Check (United Kingdom) looked into it and published its finding on 8 March 2020, 10 days later. Its rating was “There is no evidence for this”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/tom.ryan.5011516/posts/10159683849944196
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/141382225905204/posts/2963919910318074
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/164615304283/posts/10158294152414284
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/201924060175198/posts/1208722319495362
Links recorded by BBC Reality Check. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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