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Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts

by Amanda SeitzBeatrice Dupuy
| December 17, 2020 9:09 AM

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.

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