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Social media and WhatsApp are replete with unscientific, non evidence-backed cures for prevention and treatment of COVID-19. This thread is about those unverified claims that were propagated and endorsed by the government, politicians or media. 1/n
As early as January 2020, Government of India’s, Ministry of AYUSH released an advisory that prescribed Homoeopathy for Prevention of Coronavirus Infections and Ayurvedic and Unani medicines for symptomatic management 2/n pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…
Indian Medical Association (IMA) questioned the scientific basis of this protocol. They demanded that Union Health Minister should come clean on the questions posed to him. ‘If not, he is inflicting a fraud on the nation and gullible patients by calling placebos as drugs.’ 3/n 
