Are leaves from the plantain plant a remedy for venomous snake bites and scorpion stings? Nope!

<p>On this episode of *“What's Crap on WhatsApp?”* we look at four claims doing the rounds:</p><p>No, leaves from the plantain plant are not a remedy for venomous snake bites and scorpion stings.&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/plantain_venom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/plantain_venom</a></p><p>Are you at risk of catching leptospirosis when drinking from a tin can? No, ignore false warning.&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/leptospirosis_can" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/leptospirosis_can</a></p><p>Vaccines do not cause magnetism and there is no evidence the government is ‘secretly injecting the vaccine into meat’.&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/magnetism_food" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/magnetism_food</a></p><p>No, Russian president Vladimir Putin did not wish former South African president Jacob Zuma a happy birthday.&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/putin_zuma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/putin_zuma</a>Your friends and family can sign up for our show! Tell them to save our number (<a href="tel:0827093527" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">082 709 3527</a>) and send us a WhatsApp message to confirm. You can send us any WhatsApp message that you need fact-checked! Forward videos, pictures and links to this number.</p>