A man bathes in milk to remove cow dung from his body as part of ‘therapy’ some believe boosts immunity at a cow shelter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, earlier this month. Photo: AFP
Cow dung cocktails: why India can’t get enough of quack Covid-19 ‘cures’
- As a tidal wave of infections overwhelms the country’s hospitals, a growing number of Indians are turning to outlandish treatments with no scientific basis
- Support for herbal ‘immunity boosters’ and other spurious treatments isn’t confined to the uneducated – it extends to the highest levels of government
A man bathes in milk to remove cow dung from his body as part of ‘therapy’ some believe boosts immunity at a cow shelter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, earlier this month. Photo: AFP
