mo4ch:>Indian farmer DESTROYS nearly $800,000 worth of chickens & eggs over coronavirus fake news on social media | Mo4ch News

The coronavirus outbreak has not killed anyone in India so far, but it has been absolutely lethal to the poultry industry, with a false rumor leading one farmer to destroy his entire livelihood.Dr. Suresh Bhatlekar, a poultry farmer from the town of Dahanu in the state of Maharashtra, is one of the many local poultry producers that have fallen victim to the coronavirus-linked panic, fueled by social media posts suggesting that the COVID-19 could be transmitted through white meat.Though unfounded, the rumor has spread like wildfire on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, prompting many to drop chicken and eggs from their daily diet, while sending poultry sales plummeting by up to 80 percent across India, the third-largest producer of eggs and fourth-largest of chickens in the world.Also on rt.comLeading by example: Indian deities don masks to ‘spread awareness’ about coronavirus (PHOTO)Efforts by the industry’s professionals, lawmakers and veterinarians to reassure the public have so …