@jamesajack What’s your bet for next month’s miracle cure? Don’t forget Onsen has already been tried.
By the way, studies in Japan have repeatedly shown that gargling iodine or tea works the same or worse than water.
https://t.co/iWRC2wiOZ9
https://t.co/dOUXRZyCrS
https://t.co/XEhhXYwbsS
Attempts to replicate this independently have also been inconclusive at best, despite a sample size of almost 20,000. This study has many of the same issues. https://t.co/mufZFSqckn
Unfortunately, pseudoscience and old wives tales are also a thing in Japan. Here the confirmation bias is so incredible that they didn’t stop the control group gargling because they’re already convinced it works and it would unethical to stop them.
https://t.co/or1PfSP9SX