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Because of filmic bad biology, a huge percentage of Tamil villagers believe that if you donate your eye (cornea) after death, you will be born blind in your next life. Biologically, the cornea has no nerves connected to the brain post-excision; spiritually, that’s a religious belief, not biology. But the conflation of the two prevents 8,000+ corneas from being donated annually in Tamil Nadu alone.
During the second wave of COVID-19, Tamil WhatsApp forwards claimed that steam inhalation "kills the virus inside your nose neurons" and that applying Vicks VapoRub to the feet "pulls the virus down." This led to delayed hospitalization, severe pneumonia, and preventable deaths. The "bad biology" here confused physical location (external mucus) with internal viral replication (inside ACE2 receptors). bad biology tamil