Doctors warn Americans NOT to gargle iodine to prevent Covid after anti-vaxxers falsely claim on social media that it protects against the virus – IOTW Report

Doctors warn Americans NOT to gargle iodine to prevent Covid after anti-vaxxers falsely claim on social media that it protects against the virus

Why are they warning Americans? This idiotic rumor started in Thailand.

But anything to make Americans seem gullible.

Daily Mail-

  • Betadine, an iodine-based antiseptic, has been falsely deemed a potential COVID-19 prophylactic 
  • Rumors about the drug sprouted on a Thai television program before later being spread on social media
  • The drug is FDA approved and safe for human use, but has never demonstrated an ability to fight viruses
  • Developers of the drug issued a statement saying the drug is not effective at combatting COVID-19 

The rumor surrounding Betadine appears to have started on a Thai television show called Tok Mai Tiang, which translates into The Discussion.

On the show, a doctor claimed that gargling iodine could potentially prevent a person who has been exposed to COVID-19 from being infected.

The video has been viewed more than350,000 times online, not including those who watched the show live when it aired on Thai television.

Whether the views on the video come from Thailand or Western viewers is not known.

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17 Comments on Doctors warn Americans NOT to gargle iodine to prevent Covid after anti-vaxxers falsely claim on social media that it protects against the virus

  1. [warning]

    I use Betadine occasionally as a douche. It’s cleansing, plus it keeps that area free of frisky fraternity folks.

    My roommate, on the other hand, uses a Pumpkin Spice irrigator which has them lined up in the hallway.

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  2. seriously, ‘Tok Mai Tiang’? sounds like a badly translated video about ‘spanking my sexual orifice’

    only idiots, or vaxxers, would fall for this … but I repeat myself

    now … off to watch a Marx Brothers flick … “you left out the most important Hungada!”

  3. Yes to Lugols iodine drops everyday, just 3 to 4 drops. I have blood tests to prove it helped my thyroid function. The correct thing to ward off flu is Colloidal Silver. Squirt 1/2 an eyedropper back into your throat, and see how quick that stops an attack. Amazon sells Silver Wings 500 ppm for about $20.

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  4. Doctors warn Americans NOT to gargle iodine to prevent Covid after anti-vaxxers falsely claim on social media that it protects against the virus
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    One way to eliminate the low IQ sector of our society.

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