Promotion of unproved and potential dangerous measures in fighting COVID-19 pandemic:Urgent need for vigilant appropriate public communication and generation of scientific evidence
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Date
2020-08-28
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The Pan African Medical Journal
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The ultimate cure for COVID-19 has not yet been discovered, but there is a lot of promoted traditional and food supplements claimed to be effective against the disease. Some of the promoted measures are not only associated with other adverse health outcome, but also create a sense of false protection; leading to failure to follow appropriate measures. It is crucial to identify, correct this misinformation, and to conduct clinical trials to generate evidence among those which are scientifically sound.
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COVID-19, Evidence, Misconception
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Kalabamu, F.S., 2020. Promotion of unproved and potential dangerous measures in fighting COVID-19 pandemic: urgent need for vigilant appropriate public communication and generation of scientific evidence. The Pan African Medical Journal, 37(29).