Don’t Eat Cow Dung To Protect Against Covid-19 Coronavirus Despite These Claims
Some folks have tried ingesting or smearing themselves with cow dung or urine in makes an attempt to ward … [+]
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Speak about being dung fallacious. A video of a Dr. Manoj Mittal from Haryana, India, has been making the social media rounds. This video confirmed him strolling amongst cows after which poop there’s. He picked up from the bottom what seemed to be a handful cow dung. He then chosen a chunk, put it into his mouth, and started chewing. Right here’s a tweet with the video:
Oh, poop, that provides new that means to the phrase mukbang. Why would anybody do this? Whereas your mother and father might not have stated every day, “just be sure you gown warmly, don’t keep out too late, and don’t eat cow dung,” chances are high consuming cow dung isn’t in your bucket listing. Even when cow dung occurs to be in a bucket, that doesn’t essentially imply that it ought to go into your mouth.
Nevertheless, within the video, Mittal apparently claimed that consuming cow dung will assist purify your thoughts, physique, and soul, according to an article in the Times of India. Hmmm, “purify” will not be the primary phrase you affiliate with dung. For instance, an air air purifier wouldn’t be a machine that slings cow dung in every single place. Nonetheless, because the article indicated, Mittal additionally claimed that something from the physique of a cow is priceless for humanity. Okay, that’s a giant leap to go from somebody being precious and even priceless to consuming their dung.
After all, anytime you see a video like this on social media, you must wonder if it’s B.S. On this case, you must decide whether or not it’s B.S. in each the literal and figurative sense. There’s no assure that what Mittal grabbed within the video was really cow dung. Cow dung can seem like brownie combine and vice versa. (Sorry to spoil your subsequent dessert.) Plus, it’s not clear who this Mittal is and what his {qualifications} could also be. And even whether or not Mittal is his actual title.
This isn’t the primary time, although, that some have advocated for consuming cow dung. Again in Might, Sohel Daria and Md. Rabiul Islam from the College of Asia Pacific in Dhaka, Bangladesh, wrote a letter to the editor entitled “Using cow dung and urine to remedy Covid-19 in India: A public well being concern,” published in the International Journal of Health Planning and Management. The letter didn’t push for the usage of cow dung or present cow dung recipes. Somewhat, the authors basically stood on a stool and declared the usage of cow dung and urine to be an issue.
The letter described how “the Hindu spiritual system locations nice worth on the merchandise of cows. They imagine that the byproducts of cows resembling dung, ghee, milk, curd, and urine are purifying brokers.” They wrote how “many individuals are consuming cow dung and urine beneath branded ‘cow dung remedy’ for Covid remedy.” The letter continued by saying, “Some members of the Hindu nationalist occasion demanded that cow urine and dung can stop and remedy Covid-19. Subsequently, the Indian superstitious, fanatic politicians and another leaders disseminating the propagation that cow dung can remedy Covid-19 among the many common spiritual inhabitants.” That is all regardless of the dearth of actual scientific proof supporting the usage of both cow dung or cow urine in opposition to Covid-19.
Earlier this yr, there was a surge in mucormycosis, a lethal fungal an infection, in India. (Photograph by … [+]
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On the identical time, consuming cow dung can deliver important dangers. Cow dung can have all types of infectious pathogens resembling ringworm, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Listeria, Yersinia, Cryptosporidia, and nasty E. coli. In reality, some suspect that the mucormycosis (black fungal illness) surge in India through the Covid-19 pandemic might have been attributable to the usage of cow dung. Any fecal materials from anybody and any species must be thought-about hazardous waste materials and dealt with as such. That is why you sometimes put feces in the bathroom slightly than your dresser drawer or your buddy’s purse.
The letter additionally warned that “the individuals who use cow dung and urine to spice up immunity have a false sense of safety. This group usually doesn’t observe the well being security pointers.” In different phrases, don’t refuse to put on face masks merely since you’d slightly eat or smear your face with cow dung.
The letter urged public well being authorities to “inform the those that there is no such thing as a scientific foundation for smearing cow dung and urine to struggle Covid-19. The authority also needs to let the folks know that cow dung and urine are a metabolic waste of cows, and there are not any substances to spice up the human immune system.”
The letter added that “the federal government should ban any gathering for smearing cow dung and urine and positively encourage them to observe well being security guidelines.” That is one thing to contemplate the following time you maintain a gathering. Chances are you’ll wish to insist on the invitation that nobody come smeared in cow dung. It’s in all probability a good suggestion to take care of “no cow dung mandates” in eating places, workplaces, healthcare places, colleges, and shops, no matter how many individuals declare the “freedom” and “liberty” to cowl themselves with cow dung.
Here’s a video from the South China Morning Put up masking this observe of individuals masking themselves with cow dung:
Once more anytime you see any well being claims about something like cow dung, ivermectin, or anything, first verify to see if there’s any actual scientific proof supporting the claims. It’s not a good suggestion to easily strive cow dung and see what occurs. Enjoying craps with cow dung will be fairly dangerous. In the end, you don’t wish to be caught with numerous B.S.
