Debunked coronavirus myths survive online, despite facts
Debunked coronavirus myths survive online, despite facts
From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.
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UPDATED: December 18, 2020 03:37 IST
A pedestrian walks past a mural reading: When out of your home, Wear a mask over your mouth, during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco. (AP)
From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Myths debunked as conspiracies resurface online
17 Dec, 2020 08:23 PM
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Piers Corbyn, brother of former Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, attends a demonstration in Victoria Square, to protest against coronavirus lockdown restrictions, in Birmingham. Photo / AP
Piers Corbyn, brother of former Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, attends a demonstration in Victoria Square, to protest against coronavirus lockdown restrictions, in Birmingham. Photo / AP
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By: Amanda Seitz and Beatrice Dupuy
From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab, to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to Covid-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.
5 big COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts saying otherwise
Although COVID-19 vaccines are being given, the virus will pose a serious threat during the holidays By Associated Press | December 17, 2020 at 1:47 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 6:18 PM
CHICAGO (AP) From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.
Public health officials, fact-checkers and doctors tried to quash hundreds of rumors in myriad ways. But misinformation around the pandemic has endured as vexingly as the virus itself. And with the U.S., U.K. and Canada rolling out vaccinations this month, many falsehoods are seeing a resurgence online.
Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts
by Amanda Seitz And Beatrice Dupuy, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 11:34 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 11:42 am EDT
FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, in the Queens borough of New York. From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to a number of hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information about COVID-19 has followed the virus as it circled the globe over the past year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Pool, File)