False claim: Steam therapy (Inhalation of steam from boiling water, sometimes with various infused ingredients), will kill the coronavirus

[The Boss]

 

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It is true this was the case just over a month ago. By then Bolivia had only 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no death.

It is also true that Senators approved a motion that promoted use of the traditional medicine, which had long played a role for indigenous communities throughout Bolivia.

“The message that we want to give is for the Bolivian population to take up consumption (of traditional medicine) again because this strengthens the immune system and prevents against a variety of illnesses, especially coronavirus,” said Deputy Minister for Traditional Medicine Felipe Quilla.


“We have an immense array of medicinal plants of different ecological categories,” he said, after chewing on some coca leaves for the cameras.

However, scientific evidence of traditional medicine being effective against coronavirus was lacking, and, doctors warned patients against depending solely on it.

But as the outbreak soared, Bolivia announced a series of measures to stop the pandemic, schools across the country were closed and a curfew after 6:00 p.m. was put in place.

To control the full curfew enforced by the Bolivian government, the military was deployed in the city of Santa Cruz and districts bordering the city of Santa Cruz were completely blocked except for people weith special permits.

"It's a tough but necessary decision for the good of everyone," said interim President Jeanine Anez. "We must be at home for 24 hours a day," she said, adding that "it's the way to beat coronavirus."

Only one person per family was allowed to go out to buy goods from food shops, which were left open until midday and all vehicles were barred from the roads except for those carrying supplies.

And now Bolivia will extend its lockdown against the COVID-19 pandemic until May 10, the government announced on Wednesday, while planning to relax stay-at-home rules in parts of the country little affected by the illness starting May 11.

President Jeanine Anez, in a televised message to the nation, said Bolivia will move to a "dynamic" or "less rigid" quarantine on May 11, allowing some people to return to work.

Policy going forward will hinge on the country's success at containing the pandemic, which has killed 55 Bolivians so far with a total 1,053 cases confirmed.

Here in Tanzania we have so much to learn...too bad our brains are also in total lockdown!

 

[FaizaFoxy]

Fact check...

A video viewed more than 2.4 million times on Facebook urges people to inhale steam to “kill” the novel coronavirus. But experts say that doing so will not treat or cure the viral infection, and could in fact be harmful.

The video -- a more than 40-minute Facebook live from March 15, 2020 -- features a man whose page identifies him as a sound technician and songwriter. He urges people to boil water in a pot with sea salt and citrus peels, then inhale the steam from it for 15 to 20 minutes.

“I’m here today to tell y’all that I have a cure for the coronavirus,” he says, before adding: “Well, I wouldn’t say a cure, but I, yeah, I have something that kills the coronavirus.”

The video has inspired other people to believe they can cure the disease via this method. A clip viewed tens of thousands of times, shows a woman inhaling steam from a pot that contains orange peels, onion, garlic and iodine salt.

“She’s doing the steaming method for the coronavirus, and it is actually working,” a person says in the video, adding: “So this is the cure for the coronavirus.”

The video has inspired other people to believe they can cure the disease via this method. A clip viewed tens of thousands of times shows a woman inhaling steam from a pot that contains orange peels, onion, garlic and iodine salt.

“She’s doing the steaming method for the coronavirus, and it is actually working,” a person says in the video, adding: “So this is the cure for the coronavirus.”

But inhaling steam will not cure a novel coronavirus infection.

In general, people may find that inhaling steam during any sort of respiratory illness helps with their symptoms, such as cough, nasal congestion and chest congestion. However, this is only symptomatic relief and it is not a treatment for any viral infection.

And you have the potential to cause real harm to yourself through burns from the heated water vapor to your eyes, face and airways, which if severe enough could cause serious and long-term complications.

The lungs are delicate, and steam is very hot -- not a good mix. Hot steam can and does damage the lungs, and the idea that it could fight a virus that also damages the lungs is just really bad advice.

“There is no miracle cure and researchers are doing their best to find something quickly but it will take time.

Twisting and ignoring what you are asked is simply a sign of rumour mongering. We know your types.

It seems you are so good of cooking and spinning falsehood and checking them as facts!

Since you are so good in spinning falsehood checking them as if they are "facts", check this fact also, and spin it if you can....


*You reap what you sow....

Sometime back these were top 5 countries which had the highest death toll in the world:

1. Syria
2. Iraq
3. Yemen
4. Afghanistan
5. Libya

Whereas now the top 5 list has drastically changed to:

1. USA
2. Italy
3. Spain
4. France
5. UK

All the countries that took part in killing those innocents from the previous list are the countries from the 2nd list and their allies.

Yesterday’s most powerful nation are in a mess. Their livelihood, their plannings have failed.

Their financial system are at verge of collapsing.

All the games they played are hitting them back.

In This are lessons for these so called powerful nations.

Is it a "karma"?