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2. I've noticed that too.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 01:10 PM

Mar 2020

Got 3 e-mails talking up what "miracles" eating a lot of garlic will do.

I couldn't help but laugh, "Yeah, it'll keep everyone more than 10 feet away!"

But the supplement pushers are going at it full blast, making worthless claims about their vitamin concoctions and silver drinks will "cure" or "prevent" coronavirus.

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Apparently it's ok to push woo as a "cure" or "preventative" for the coronavirus if... [View all] Archae Mar 2020 OP

Herbs don't kill viruses. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #1

I've noticed that too. Archae Mar 2020 #2

Silver will make you turn blue, so maybe that's somewhat useful The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #3

But viruses do kill herbalists. DavidDvorkin Mar 2020 #7

It might help to prevent the spread, but only by deterring others from getting close! LeftishBrit Mar 2020 #9

Yeah, I saw that and it disgusted me. NNadir Mar 2020 #4

Ugh. progressoid Mar 2020 #5

I took a several years' long hiatus from DU because of tolerance of woo woo crap. sybylla Mar 2020 #6

We do try to shut it down when it appears. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #8