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No, garlic won’t protect you from coronavirus: WHO pushes back on rampant misinformation

February 4, 2020

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Some of the World Health Organization’s recent Twitter posts may seem like obvious statements, but amid rapidly spreading misinformation about the new coronavirus, thousands if not millions of people are being exposed to false health warnings and quack treatment methods.

“There is no evidence from the current outbreak that eating garlic has protected people from 2019-nCoV,” the WHO posted on its official Twitter account last week, along with the hashtag #KnowtheFacts.

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