claim: #nocomacuento: masticar jengibre no impide el contagio de covid-19
summary: fake remedy spread around whatsapp/social media claiming that chewing ginger can prevent the spread of covid-19, because doing so "produces salivary enzymes that contain a compound that decreases one's probability of becoming seriously infected or suffering from covid-19". the statement was falsely attributed to the peruvian ministry of health, and the discovery of this "remedy" was falsely attributed to the who.
subject_description: chewing ginger decreases the probability of one becoming seriuosly ill from covid-19
Motive_Description: false hope that ginger can prevent serious covid-19 related illness
author_description: general public
keywords: coronavirus, peru, ginger, prevents, who