Eight Persistent COVID-19 Myths

Eight Persistent COVID-19 Myths and Why People Believe Them: From a human-made virus to vaccine conspiracy theories, we rounded up the most insidious false claims about the pandemic

1 The virus was engineered in a laboratory in China.

2 COVID-19 is no worse than the flu.

3 You don’t need to wear a mask.

4 Wealthy elites are using the virus to profit from vaccines.

5 Hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment.

6 Increases in cases are the result of increased testing.

7 Herd immunity will protect us if we let the virus spread through the population.

8 A COVID-19 vaccine will be unsafe.