“Por cierto, está demostrado que hacer gárgaras, el enjuague bucal, mata al coronavirus. Si lo coge, usted puede reducir la replicación viral".”
What FactCheck.org found
Si bien en estudios de laboratorio se ha visto que algunos enjuagues bucales bloquean la infectividad o suprimen el SARS-CoV-2, los estudios en personas que usan enjuagues bucales no son concluyentes.
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In short
Ron Johnson (el senador de United States) made this claim around 8 December 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 December 2021, 12 days later. Its rating was “requiere más estudios”.
Ron Johnson has 43 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 21 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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