Circulating message claims that egg white is a “healing miracle” for burns and should be applied to burns as an immediate first aid measure.
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Health HoaxesMisleading
Spurious First Aid Advice – Flour For Treatment of Burns
by Brett M. Christensen April 4, 2018Widely circulated message recommends covering burns with plain flour as a first aid treatment and claims that the ‘miraculous’ remedy will stop the burn from blistering.
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Forward Message to Help Severely Burned Child Hoax
by Brett M. Christensen February 24, 2017Email, complete with photographs of a badly burned child, claims that 11 cents will be donated to the child’s family every time the message is sent to others.