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5G myth spread fastest

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COVID19 is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that can trigger what doctors call a respiratory tract infection (nose, sinuses, or upper throat). In early 2020 after a December 2019 outbreak in China the World Health Organization (WHO) identified this new type of corona virus. It spreads mainly through person-to-person contract and it ranges from mild to deadly. The proliferation of conspiracy theories on social media platforms are faster than the spread of corona virus disease (COVID19). From one person eating some rather questionable food at a Chinese wet market to a virus which masked the face of the whole world in a matter of months.  COVID-19 started off where not even one person in the world was expecting it nor had thought it would be what we must live with till thus far, it created a moment of cultural change and it created conspiracy theories and myths, not because people saw it fit to spread such information, but I think it is because, so little was/ still is known about COVID...