LETTER: ‘Umhlonyane’ herb no cure for Covid-19
An ANC senior leader’s say that the artemisia Afra/annual plant is effective against coronavirus is reckless
06 May 2020 - 19:26
The words of Unesco director-general Audrey Azoulay on 2020 World press Freedom Day are worth repeating “to fight infodemic of rumours and disinformation which is worsening the pandemic and putting lives at risk”.
On that same day, a senior ANC leader spewed a reckless statement about a traditional medicine as Covid-19 cure. This theme was continued by two disturbing columns on nicotine in respected newspapers by senior journalists...
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