COVID-19 Viral Myths

Bat Soup

Bat Soup: Viral Myths Going Viral

By Claire Hibbs-Cusson

1. 5G Mobil networks cause COVID-19

(So throw away that $1200 Apple watch)

2. Exposing yourself to the sun or to temps higher than 77o F can prevent COVID-19

(Note to self: move to Aruba)

3. If you can hold your breath for 10+ seconds without coughing or feeling discomfort you don’t have COVID-19 or any other lung disease

(If you can only do 9, get immediate medical attention!)

4. Drinking alcohol can protect you from COVID-19

(I got this!)

5. COVID-19 can be transmitted in hot and humid climates

(Wait…what?)

6. Cold Weather and snow kill COVID-19

(Now you’re just messing with me, right?)

7. Taking a hot bath can prevent COVID 19

(At least, just do it for your quarantine mates)

8. COVID-19 can be spread through farts

(Have you met my husband? I’m doomed!)

9. Spray alcohol or chlorine all over your body

(You’ll be so sore and itchy you’ll forget why you did)

10. Take two shots of bleach a day.

(Trust me, you don’t want that to be the last thing you ever taste)

11. Don’t eat ice cream

(GET REAL!)

12. Eat garlic

(Support social distancing)

13. Cow urine. Drink it? Bathe in it?

(NO! and NO!)

14. Sanitize your hands with Vodka

(A sinful waste)

15. Lysol intravenously will kill COVID-19 in a minute.

(Oh no ‘he’ DIDN’T!)

16. Sanitize sidewalk and roads.

(Or, don’t trust the five second rule.)

17. Wear your mask shiny side out and protect yourself/wear it shiny side in and protect others.

(No shiny side? Wear it upside down.)

18. The virus has nothing to do with Corona Beer.

(That one’s true)

19. Internal ultraviolet light will knock it out

(I just can’t un-see this image)

20. Don’t eat Bat Soup

(While bat soup tops the list of American comfort foods for the 10th year in a row… Just Say No!)