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Intisa Chowdhury CRT 245 Homework 1 Chapter 1, Media Activity 1.2: Can gargling with salt water and vinegar eliminate the COVID-19 coronavirus from the throat of an infected person? What evidence supports your answer? Gargling with salt water and vinegar does not eliminate the COVID-19 coronavirus from the throat of an infected person. After researching the viral post “Will Gargling with Salt Water or Vinegar “Eliminate” the COVID-19 Coronavirus” by David Mikkelson, on Snopes.com, and other sources such as the World Health Organization I have found that there is no evidence to support this claim. Both sources suggest that there is no evidence to support that this practice can eliminate or prevent the COVID-19 infection, but they acknowledge that there is limited evidence that show that this practice may help in other ways, such as helping to speed up people’s recovery from a cold or working as a remedy for a sore throat. The assumption that Gargling with salt water and vinegar can eliminate the COVID-19 coronavirus from the throat of an infected person, also comes from the assumption that the virus incubates in the throat for four days, which is when an individual will experience coughing and throat pains, and if the individual starts to gargle salt water and vinegar in that time it will eliminate the virus. The problem with this is that there is no evidence that supports that the virus remains in the throat for four days, or that taking this action at this time would eliminate the virus, the most it would do is relieve some of the cold symptoms that may come with it. Mikkelson, D. (March 14, 2020). “ Will gargling with salt water or vinegar “eliminate” the covid- 19 coronavirus”. Retrieved from https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gargling-eliminate- coronavirus/ World Health Organization. (January 19, 2022). “Coronavirus disease (covid-19) advice for the public: MythBusters”. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel- coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

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