In one of the most popular TikTok videos, which garnered over 2.5 million views, one woman – whose profile did not mention her qualifications and described her only as a"child of mother nature" – zealously promoted onion water.
"Simple solutions for complex problems frequently perform well in engagement-driven algorithms like TikTok's. Particularly when those solutions are cheap and accessible in areas where evidence-based healthcare is not." Richards cautioned that"excessive moderation" in the case of onion water videos could backfire and"encourage narratives that the truth of affordable medicine is being intentionally hidden."
"Still, even if a supposed remedy like drinking onion water to solve sinus problems doesn't directly hurt you, it could make you wrongly think that you are treating the problem."In a country with expensive medical care, data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows roughly 30 million Americans, or nine percent of the population, have no health insurance.