- A bizarre rumor that cocaine can cure or prevent a coronavirus infection began to gain traction online.
- The false claims were accompanied by fake news stories, further fueling the spread.
- Eventually, the rumor gained enough momentum that French officials had to address it, explaining that the claims were indeed false.
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Coronavirus infection COVID-19 has no available vaccine or cure. Like the flu, once you have it, managing symptoms is the best thing you can do. However, that hasn’t stopped some from falsely claiming to know the “cure” for the infection and taking to social media to spread false claims. One particularly odd claim recently gained enough attention that it forced authorities in France to address it.
As Business Insider notes, the claim that cocaine could cure a person of a COVID-19 infection was shot down by the French government. As strange as it seems, the alleged “cure” gained a lot of traction on sites like Twitter, with images of fake or Photoshopped news reports tallying many thousands of likes and comments.
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No, cocaine doesn’t cure coronavirus, you big dummy originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 9 Mar 2020 at 23:16:20 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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