VinthaAnubhuthi Posted March 22, 2020 Report Posted March 22, 2020 India's coronavirus health myths fact-checked By Reality Check team BBC News 5-6 minutes Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A cow-urine drinking event in Delhi India has had relatively few confirmed cases of coronavirus - but there's been plenty of misleading advice on how to tackle it. BBC News has been fact-checking some of the most prominent examples. Cow urine and dung There is a long tradition in India of promoting cow urine and dung as traditional remedies for various diseases. And an MP from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Suman Haripriya, has suggested they could be used against the coronavirus. Facebook Cow dung has many benefits. I think it can kill the coronavirus. Cow urine can also be useful. There have been previous studies into the potential anti-bacterial properties of cow urine. And a Hindu nationalist group has held a cow-urine drinking event in the capital, Delhi, to promote its use for tackling the virus. But Dr Shailendra Saxena, of the Indian Virological Society, told BBC News: "There is no medical evidence to show that cow urine has anti-viral characteristics. "Moreover, using cow-dung could prove counter-productive as bovine faecal matter could contain a coronavirus which might replicate in humans." Alcohol-free hand sanitiser As well as cow-dung soap, Cowpathy has been selling alcohol-free hand sanitiser with "distilled cow urine obtained from indigenous cows" online since 2018. Currently out of stock, the product page says: "Due to high demand, we are currently limiting the purchase quantity per customer for this product to maximize access for our customers." Meanwhile, Ramdev, a yoga guru on a popular Hindi news channel, has suggested making herbal hand sanitisers at home. He also said consuming a concoction of ayurvedic herb giloy, turmeric and basil leaves could help prevent coronavirus. But the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say it is important to use alcohol-based hand sanitisers. And Prof Sally Bloomfield, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says any homemade hand sanitiser will be ineffective as even vodka contains only 40% alcohol. Vegetarianism Last week, Anil Vij, the Health Minister of Haryana state, in northern India, made an appeal for people not to eat meat. "Be vegetarian," he tweeted. "Do not create viruses like coronavirus, which pose a danger to humanity, by having [meat of] different kinds of animals." A Hindu nationalist group, meanwhile, claimed the coronavirus had come to punish meat-eaters. But after the ministry that oversees livestock production said it had led to a fall in the sales of eggs and chicken, the Indian government's fact-checking service posted a rebuttal of the claim. And government minister Giriraj Singh said the Indian food regulator had found no evidence for it. Getty Images Coronavirus is not spread by eating fish, chicken, and eggs. Eggs are your important source of protein apart from chicken and fish so eat it without any fear. 'Anti-coronavirus' mattress The coronavirus pandemic has also led some businesses to sell products they claim can fight the virus. A 15,000-rupee (£165) "anti-coronavirus" mattress was as advertised virus-resistant, for example. Arihant Mattresses managing director Amar Parekh told BBC News: "It is anti-fungal, anti-allergic, dustproof and waterproof, so nothing can go inside it." But the advertisement had now been removed "I do not want to cause harm to anyone," he said. "We did not do it after there was a backlash." Quote
VinthaAnubhuthi Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 Coronavirus dubious claims: Cow dung, urine sell for Rs 500 By Jayashree Bhosale 26-33 minutes Politics and Nation Stock Analysis, IPO, Mutual Funds, Bonds & More Mabud Ali has placed packs of cow dung and jars of cow urine on a table by the National Highway 19 that links Delhi and Kolkata. Dubious claims of its treatment and cure have been peddled to innocent and naive people in the city. IANS| Last Updated: Mar 17, 2020, 08.08 PM IST Agencies "Drink cow urine and ward off coronavirus," says a poster pasted to the table. KOLKATA: Drink urine of Indian cows at Rs 500 a litre and take the dung at Rs 500 a kilo to ensure immunity from the deadly novel Coronavirus, claims a milk vendor who has set up his makeshift roadside shop to sell these bovine products in Dankuni, about 20 km from the West Bengal capital. Dubious claims of its treatment and cure have been peddled to innocent and naive people in the city. Mabud Ali has placed packs of cow dung and jars of cow urine on a table by the National Highway 19 -- that links Delhi and Kolkata. "Drink cow urine and ward off coronavirus," claims a poster pasted to the table. "I have two cows -- one Indian cow and the other a jersey cow. I earn my living selling milk. So, after I saw the gomutra party on television, I realised I can make more profit by selling cow urine and dung. Now, I can utilise every part of cows in my business," said Ali. However, in Ali's stall, a litre of urine and a kilo of dung of the jersey cows come at a cheaper rate - Rs 300. Coronavirus dubious claims: Cow dung, urine sell for Rs 500 Mabud Ali has placed packs of cow dung and jars of cow urine on a table by the National Highway 19 that links Delhi and Kolkata. Dubious claims of its treatment and cure have been peddled to innocent and naive people in the city. IANS| Last Updated: Mar 17, 2020, 08.0 .. Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/coronavirus-effect-cow-dung-urine-sell-for-rs-500/articleshow/74669478.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Coronavirus dubious claims: Cow dung, urine sell for Rs 500 Mabud Ali has placed packs of cow dung and jars of cow urine on a table by the National Highway 19 that links Delhi and Kolkata. Dubious claims of its treatment and cure have been peddled to innocent and naive people in the city. IANS| Last Updated: Mar 17, 2020, 08.0 .. Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/coronavirus-effect-cow-dung-urine-sell-for-rs-500/articleshow/74669478.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Quote
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VinthaAnubhuthi Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 Hindu group touts cow urine elixir for coronavirus 1 / 7 Members of All India Hindu Mahasabha serve a traditional drink with cow urine as an ingredient during a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps in warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India March 14, 2020. (REUTERS) Cricature as members of All India Hindu Mahasabha attend a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps in warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India March 14, 2020. (REUTERS)4 / 7 Members of All India Hindu Mahasabha attend a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps in warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India March 14, 2020. (REUTERS)5 / 7 A man serves panchagavya, a traditional Hindu ritual mixture made of cow dung, urine, milk, curd and ghee, to members and supporters attending a 'gaumutra (cow urine) party' to fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, organised by Hindu organisation 'Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha' president Chakrapani Maharaj, in New Delhi on March 14, 2020. (AFP)6 / 7 An Indian Hindu woman, center, drinks tea made with cow urine during an event organized by a Hindu religious group to promote consumption of cow urine as a cure for the new coronavirus in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 14, 2020. (AP)7 / 7An Indian Hindu man drinks cow urine during an event organized by a Hindu religious group to promote consumption of cow urine as a cure for the new coronavirus in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 14, 2020. (AP) rink cow urine as they attend a gaumutra (cow urine) party, which according to them helps warding off coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India March 14, 2020. (REUTERS) Quote
VinthaAnubhuthi Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 Members of Hindu nationalist PM Narendra Modi’s party have also claimed cow urine has medicinal qualities and can even cure cancer NEW DELHI: Dozens of Hindu activists held a cow urine party in the Indian capital Saturday to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, as countries around the world struggle to control the deadly pandemic. Members and supporters of All India Hindu Mahasabha staged fire rituals and drank from earthen cups to fight COVID-19 at the gathering in New Delhi dubbed a “gaumutra (cow urine) party.” Many in the Hindu-majority nation of 1.3 billion consider cows sacred and in recent years have made several assertions about the liquid being an elixir, claims that critics have rejected as quackery. “Whoever drinks cow urine will be cured and protected,” Hari Shankar Kumar, one of the volunteers at the event, told AFP as he served the “remedy” in brown clay cups. Governments and scientists have said no medicine or vaccine is available to protect or cure people of the infection that has killed more than 5,400 people and infected nearly 150,000 across six continents. Two people have died in India while more than 80 have fallen ill, and the government has ordered the closure of some land routes into the country and canceled all visas to stop the spread of the virus in the world’s second most populous country. Members draped in saffron clothes chanted Hindu hymns at the fire ritual as devotees sang paeans for the sacred animal. “We have gathered here and prayed for world peace and we will make an offering to the corona (virus) to calm it,” Chakrapani Maharaj, the group’s leader, told reporters before gulping down a cup of urine. He then offered a glass to a devil-shaped caricature of the virus to “pacify” it. He urged people to adopt the “tried and tested” practice of drinking cow urine to ward off diseases, and desist from killing animals and eating meat. “The coronavirus is also a bacteria (virus) and cow urine is effective against all forms of bacteria that harm us,” claimed Om Prakash, a participant from the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh. Some members of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party have also claimed cow urine has medicinal qualities and can even cure cancer. One legislator from the party last week suggested use of the urine as well as cow dung can cure the coronavirus. Quote
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VinthaAnubhuthi Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, mettastar said: E north gaallaki mind addamga mingindhi North dhaka why man? Ikkada mana DB lo ne unnaru chala mandhi secret ga proud ga feel avuthu..about our ancient Hindu gomuthra science gurunchi.. Quote
VinthaAnubhuthi Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Chinna84 said: @siru : Vorey eedakochi bang bang chesukondi Nuvvu mathram gomuthra thaagu Quote
Chinna84 Posted March 22, 2020 Report Posted March 22, 2020 Just now, VinthaAnubhuthi said: Nuvvu mathram gomuthra thaagu Nuvvu maathram inko id tho thirugu ledha fart sound batti kulam ni decide cheyi #Luvdakaball Quote
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VinthaAnubhuthi Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Posted March 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Chinna84 said: Nuvvu maathram inko id tho thirugu ledha fart sound batti kulam ni decide cheyi #Luvdakaball Chinna free from Corona after drinking gomuthra Cowurine enough or dung kooda thinnava? Ela ra meeru?? Quote
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