New Delhi: A post claiming that the World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a report that vegetarians haven’t contracted coronavirus has gone viral on Twitter.
The post has been widely shared by several handles. Among them is one ‘Sweta Singh (Parody)’, which has 34,000 followers.
“The whole world has become fans of sanatan culture. No vegetarian in the world has contracted coronavirus: WHO report. The entire world is now doing namaste… hawans and yajnas are being done… gaumutra (cow urine) and tulsi’s benefits are being understood… Gita and Ramayana are being read. Hail sanatan,” the post, written on 14 March, read.
सनातन के संस्कार की पूरी दुनिया दीवानी हो चुकी है..
विश्व का एक भी शाकाहारी व्यक्ति कोरोना से ग्रस्त नहीं पाया गया : WHO की रिपोर्ट…
पूरा विश्व अब नमस्ते कर रहा है.. हवन और यज्ञ कर रहा है.. गौमूत्र और तुलसी की महिमा समझ रहा है.. गीता और रामायण का पठन कर रहा है
सनातन की जय हो
— Arnab Goswami (@Arnab_RBharat) March 14, 2020
At the time of publishing this report, the post had been retweeted over 430 times and liked more than 1,400 times.
Another Twitter user, Pushpendra Kulshreshth, wrote the same tweet, which had been retweeted 259 times and liked 811 times at the time of publishing this report.
सनातन के संस्कार की पूरी दुनिया दीवानी हो चुकी है..
विश्व का एक भी शाकाहारी व्यक्ति कोरोना से ग्रस्त नहीं पाया गया : WHO की रिपोर्ट…
पूरा विश्व अब नमस्ते कर रहा है.. हवन और यज्ञ कर रहा है.. गौमूत्र और तुलसी की महिमा समझ रहा है.. गीता और रामायण का पठन कर रहा है
सनातन की जय हो
— Arnaw Goswami (@ArnawMGoswami) March 14, 2020
The post has also been shared on Facebook.
One Shivay Shankar shared the post saying: “Eat vegetarian food, demons will die.”
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Fact check
The fact of the matter is the WHO has not published any report that said vegetarians haven’t contracted the deadly virus.
In fact, there are reports that have busted the myth connecting the infection to the consumption of non-vegetarian food.
The gaumutra remedy for coronavirus has also been discredited.
Twitter users have lashed out at a gaumutra party held by the Hindu Mahasabha in the national capital last week to “ward off coronavirus”.
“Just like we organise tea parties, we have decided to organise a gaumutra (cow urine) party. Am so ‘proud’ now to be a Hindu!” Ashok Swain, professor of peace and conflict research in Uppsala University, had sarcastically tweeted.
“Just like we organise tea parties, we have decided to organise a gaumutra (cow urine) party"
Am so 'proud' now to be a Hindu!
https://t.co/N8gidqf2st via @viceindia— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) March 13, 2020
Popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee wrote: “Listen to these Hindu Mahasabha intellectuals claiming to treat everything from Coronavirus to Cancer! Height of Superstition!”
Gaumutra and Gobar Party!
Listen to these Hindu Mahasabha intellectuals claiming to treat everything from Coronavirus to Cancer! Height of Superstition! ?pic.twitter.com/8qtUDcEeMX
— Dhruv Rathee ?? (@dhruv_rathee) March 14, 2020
(In collaboration with SM Hoaxslayer)
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