Cornavirus Jonathan Ng
Period 3
Cornavirus and its Rumors
For more than half a year, the virus Covid-19 has been plaguing the world. The cornavirus has forced almost the whole world into a pseudo-lockdown where the population has been resticed from many regular activities, such as eatting at reseraunts, going to theme parks, and movies. Due to these troubling times, people are desperate to find answers to the many questions, that worry them. Due to this worry, many people have taken advantage and have spread many rumors and misinformation about Covid-19.
Fake Mask Pass
Cornavirus is a airborne virus which means that to defend yourself from the virus people will need to wear mask. Masks for most people have been a nusiance pulling on your ears and making it hard to breathe. Most people probaby do not want to wear masks, but many public places or work places, it is required to learn a mask for the saftey of others. Some people have realized that this problem and decided to earn some money from people not wanting to wear masks. Scamers have been selling face mask exemption cards. These cards are supposed to give exemption from having to wear a mask in public places. Any pass like this has been said by the government to be fake and will not work in any situation.
Covid-19 Origin Rumors
Many people have wondered how the virus began and many ideas have been passed around. One rumor of how the spread Cornavirus was that it began in a labratory in Wuhan. The virus has been said to been first found in Wuhan so many people have been suspecting that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was the birthplace for the spreading virus. The labratory has denied that had any leakage of the virus, saying that they never had the virus or said that they had no personnel affected by the disease.