Sorry to hear about your friend. While these nuskas might work for some things, it's the sheer confidence with which they were touted to work on COVID-19. Garg

Sorry to hear about your friend. While these nuskas might work for some things, it's the sheer confidence with which they were touted to work on COVID-19. Gargling with warm salt water might help with the symptoms of congestion, but will it eliminate coronaviruses before they take hold? The WhatsApp forwards virtually offered guarantees: "do this everyday and you'll never get COVID-19" "Our ancestors didn't have such problems because they ate lots of ghee", etc etc