These are some of the dumbest myths about the coronavirus

[Andy Meek]

• There's much we still don't know about the COVID-19 coronavirus, which is continuing to infect (and kill) a growing number of people around the world. To date, more than 3.2 million people have tested positive for the virus, which has also killed more than 233,000.
• Unfortunately, what's also spreading in tandem with the virus are dangerous myths, misinformation, and conspiracy theories about it.
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For pretty much the entirety of the coronavirus pandemic, myths and misinformation have spread almost as fast as the virus itself, which as of week's end has infected more than 3.2 million people around the world that we know of -- and killed more than 233,000. That's according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University, which provide a detailed and up-to-date look at the scale of the virus' toll, but which don't account for the myths and fake news about the deadly virus that have proliferated for weeks (some of which is downright dangerous misinformation that could end up getting you killed).

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