A POST HAS been shared on Facebook claiming that onions can be used to “catch the cold & flu germs” and stave off Covid-19.Onions are neither effective ways to prevent the coronavirus entering your home nor do they catch cold and flu germs.The post advises that people should “half an onion and leave it out around your house. Its [sic] supposed to catch the cold & flu germs”.
As a sign of common this claim it, is has been debunked repeatedly down through the years. In 2015, fact-checking site Snopes wrote that there was no evidence to back up the claim: “The terminology that onions are ‘bacterial magnets’ makes no sense. No food attracts bacteria, although of course some are more likely to support bacterial multiplication or viral contamination once infected. Like any food, poor handling can cause problems,” he wrote.
And while the World Health Organisation recognises some of the general health benefits of onions, it does not suggest that onions are capable of absorbing or warding off viruses.
Do you know how many onions I've purchased today?
Rigorous testing reported in scientific literature as proven that garlic is indeed a vampire repellent. Nah - just kidding! More serious though, pure green tea with slice of lemon 'may' boosts immune system. See 'Sadhguru' re same.
But staying in the house will, onions optional
But it will protect you from covid19 positive vampires. Stay safe folks
can it hurt?
Some people do believe it sadly ..it was said to me only last week. You can't reason with people living in fear.
I think it's just a way of promoting self isolation. Who's going to step over the threshold when the bang of onions wafts over them as the door opens?
What halfwit did that...
Onions? Garlic? No way! - - - A Frog, yes, a Frog!!! At least it works with gypcies... 🤔
Will they still provide protection against vampires?
Seriously? people believe that? I'm beginning to think the world in general is far more gullible than I ever realized.
Ahaaa...
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Haha you should wear garlic around your neck and throw the salt over your left shoulder 😂😂
MarkLam24990323 Works if your kids have been stolen
Oddly, in China they also eat bats, boil dogs alive, and think rhino horns will give them huge mickies.
I heard if you mix eggs with some salt,pepper and butter ,whisk and put in the microwave you get scrambled eggs
Why not post some useful health advice then ?
What am I going to do with all the onions I bought
Only a nitwit would believe that!
Does anyone know can I return onions once they've been cut in half? Asking for a friend.
This idea brings tears to my eyes.
Correct. But a poultice of warm cooked sliced onions on the chest does help with easing the symptoms of lung infections.
I heard if you boil 7up and put used teabags in it you can waste a good 5 minutes of your life. And vital 7up.
Fact check leaving the borders open while you are under house arrest wont stop the china virus
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