Fact Check: Did Dr Li Wenliang claim that coffee could be a cure for coronavirus?

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A Whatsapp forward claims that regular coffee has chemicals that can decrease impact of COVID-19 on an individual. It also claims that hospital staff in China has started serving coffee to patients three times a day. chemicals that are supposedly present in coffee and reduce impact of COVID-19 are Methylxanthine, obromine and ophylline. y are claimed to stimulate compounds that ultimately ward off virus. Here is message:

Breaking News from CNN :-

Dr. Li Wenliang, China's hero doctor who was punished for telling truth about Corona Virus and later died due to same disease, h documented casefiles for research purposes and h in casefiles proposed a cure that would significantly decrease impact of COVID - 19 Virus on human body. chemical Methylxanthine, obromine and ophylline stimulate compounds that can ward off se virus in a human with atleast an average immune system. Whats more shocking is that se complex words that were so difficult for people in China to understand is actually called COFFEE * in India, YES, our regular COFFEE has all se chemicals alrey in it. main Methylxanthine in COFFEE is stimulant caffeine. Or Methylxanthines found in COFFEE are two chemically similar compounds, obromine and ophylline. COFFEE plant creates se chemicals as a way to ward off insects and or animals. Who would have known that all solution to se virus would be a simple cup of COFFEE and that is reason so many patients in China are being cured. hospital staff in china has started serving COFFEE to patients 3 times a day, And effect is finally in *Wuhan " centre of this Pandemic" has been contained and community transmission has almost stopped.

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(Source: Whatsapp forward)

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Dr Li Wenliang was an ophthalmologist, which means he was an eye specialist. CNN website also does not show any articles based on case files by Dr Wenliang. Thus, this rumour is fake and misleing. Dr Li Wenliang's death was because of COVID-19, but he did not own any case files that claim coffee to be a COVID-19 cure.

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Dr Li Wenliang's coffee cure news is fake and misleing

message shared about Dr Li Wenliang claiming that coffee can be used as a cure for coronavirus is similar to anor false claim that Dr Li Wenliang h suggested tea for COVID-19. If one compares two claims with each or, one can see that message is just same with word Tea replaced by Coffee throughout. tea claim was proven to be false. Here is tea message:

(Source: Republic World)

Republic World's Fact Check on Dr Li Wenliang tea cure claim:

Fact Check: Did Dr Li Wenliang Find A Tea Cure For Coronavirus?

Google Trends Analysis

Google Trends of this news show that people have been searching for 'coffee cure for coronavirus'. se searches shot up on June 8 at 7.30 pm. This shows that people are getting curious about wher this news is fake or true. People are also searching for name of Dr Li Wenliang as well.

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