Nigerians react to 'rumour' of salt-water bath as Ebola cure

Many Nigerians woke up this morning to phone calls, Twitter, Facebook, Blackberry broadcast messages, informing them that the solution to the Ebola virus is a salt-water bath..

A few weeks back, it was also widely speculated that kolanut can help keep you safe, it also turned out to be false also.

Celebrities, personalities and numerous internet users took to social media to react to the latest report.

Check it out!

There is a rumour spreading that bathing with salt and water prevents Ebola. This is untrue. Find true information on http://t.co/wKwOoQ8JoQ
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) 

Those bathing with water & salt bcos of Ebola.pls add little maggi and pepper to spice it up, crayfish and onion too. #makefearnokilluna — AY COMEDIAN (@AYCOMEDIAN)
Driver tells me he took bath with warm salt water this morning.Also drank some. Suggestion came by phone,from relatives outside Lagos #Ebola
— tolu ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) 

Lot's wife is somewhere shaking her head at Nigerians. - @croonboss

Kolanut was the cure, now salt... Tomorrow, we will wake up to see rumour that we should put Atarodo in our eyes...Nigerians!!! - @Cutenaija

If you haven't received any salt calls/messages, really, check yourself, Nobody cares about you! - @Cutenaija

Salt will not save you. Don’t fall for all the #Ebola falsehood circulating out there. http://t.co/VPSTCgiti5 for accurate information. — tolu ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) 


Dem say we wey dey bleach make we no put salt for our water make we no fold like earth worm . #ebola ” e bora ”
— @soundsultan (@Soundsultan) 

If think bathing with salt & water can prevent you from ebola then you should also bath with palm oil, it’ll prevent you from any bomb blast
— Comedienne Princess (@PrincesComedian) 

And the amount of salt they’ll drink will be more than normal. Your kidneys,arteries,heart will sooner fail before Ebola gets to you. SMH
— Olo Osakioduwa (@O_Osakioduwa) 

Salt baths are therapeutic, helps with insomnia, muscle pain. SEA salt, not mr. Chef. Definitely not for drinking and not a cure for Ebola.
— Olo Osakioduwa (@O_Osakioduwa) 

With all your data plan &access to internet,you people will not research & read.Rub yourself with mr. Chef,lie in the sun to grill.#bbq. Lol — Olo Osakioduwa (@O_Osakioduwa)

Bright side to this is, those co-workers with bad body odour will not do rub and shine today. They will spend time bathing properly. :D— Olo Osakioduwa (@O_Osakioduwa) August 8, 2014

Pls help RT: salt & water does not stop the spread of ebola. Follow the WHO guidelines as regards washing hands with soap & use of sanitizers
— s.h.a.r.e (@sharebuck) 

Gd Mrn Peeps! Bathing with hot water and Salt,now the cure 4 Ebola? Is the Ebola virus now Earthworm? Pls visit http://t.co/zA9GX9BLN8.
— Chioma Akpotha (@Omakpotha)
Another set of my ignorant people doing the Salt and Water thing #Ebola is not airborne people @Ayourb @Gidi_Traffic pic.twitter.com/ACldEaaxUY
— Mr and Mrs Fadoju (@BabajideFadoju) 

If Salt can Heal Ebola, Lots wife will be priceless atm pic.twitter.com/QJN6Y8dPE5 — Oma |HypeCartel (@UmehOma) 
Bathing with salt and warm water, drinking water with salt does NOT cure #Ebola. Facts about what helps treat Ebola http://t.co/Evrm7YlsME
— WHO (@WHO) 

Even the lion, king of the forest, protects himself against flies. ~ Naija Proverb ~ Eno mean say make u bath with salt and water. #Ebola — Ambassador Hakeem (@Bhadoosky) 
Pls mk sure u add salt 2spoonfull of pepper & a little red oil to ur salt water b4 bathin dis morni to prevent EBOLA pic.twitter.com/QhKPaedeL0
— THE SCARM LORD (@clement4jp) 

@RevDrCraig Can salt help stop Ebola? Please reply.
— Eralimad (@EralimadA) 

@EralimadA Ebola is a VIRUS and is unaffected by salt. Bathing, drinking or, applying salt will have no beneficial effect whatsoever
— David (@RevDrCraig)

@EralimadA No!
— David (@RevDrCraig) 

@EralimadA Salt is ‘bacteriostatic’ meaning it will slow the growth of most BACTERIA. Some salts are ‘bactericidal’ meaning it can kill them
— David (@RevDrCraig) 

So did you hear about the rumour? or did you take a salt and warm water bath on Friday morning?
Kindly share with us