HEALTH

A 0:55 minute-long video shared widely on social media claims that “masks spread germs”. The video is allegedly displayed on a digital display board outside a gas station. Social media users are sharing it claiming it is from Ireland. The video displays a lot of messages, some of them are: – Masks spread germs – COVID tests are fraudulent – ...

A viral video shared on WhatsApp shows a medical-grade disposable face mask over a cup of steaming water. The video alleges that the masks have fine microscopic germs which start moving because of the hot steam. The narrator says in Hindi that “these germs get activated when people inhale and exhale through the mask and come out through the fine ...