Claim: If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy ... your stomach ACID will kill all the virus."
Fact-check: Drinking water does not prevent coronavirus infection
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Daniel Funke
Date published: 2020-03-11T00:00:00