Since September 2016, a rumor has been circulating online: "Attention parents with children: Persimmons are in season now... A true story just happened today: A young girl ate a persimmon and then drank yogurt, and less than half an hour later, she died of poisoning!" In fact, this message lacks specific details such as the time, location, and individuals involved in the incident. Searching online with the keywords "persimmons + yogurt" reveals no recent cases of the public being poisoned or dying from eating persimmons and yogurt.
It is understood that similar claims about poisoning from eating persimmons with yogurt or crab first appeared as early as 2012. Media outlets such as the "Chutian Evening News" and "Baotou Evening News" have interviewed relevant experts on this claim, and all of them stated they had never heard of such a theory.