{"id":162414,"date":"2020-05-28T18:50:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-66-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-and-myths-the-conversation\/"},"modified":"2020-05-28T18:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:50:49","slug":"pasha-66-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-and-myths-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-66-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-and-myths-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha 66: Coronavirus conspiracy theories and myths | The Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/pasha-66-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-and-myths-139590\">Pasha 66: Coronavirus conspiracy theories and myths<\/a>: <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/338250\/original\/file-20200528-51496-1aimsux.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=496&amp;fit=clip\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">shutterstock<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe coronavirus was made in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.\u201d \u201cCOVID-19 is not real and comes from 5G network towers.\u201d \u201cDrinking warm water with lemon juice will kill the coronavirus.\u201d \u201cThe flu vaccination will mean I won\u2019t get COVID-19.\u201d These are all conspiracy theories and myths shared on social media platforms. And it\u2019s time they were addressed.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Pasha, Neelaveni Padayachee, a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, and Lisa Claire du Toit, an associate professor, both at the University of the Witwatersrand, talk about false ideas surrounding the coronavirus. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>   <em>     <strong>       Read more:       Debunking 9 popular myths doing the rounds in Africa about the coronavirus     <\/strong>   <\/em> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong>  \u201c5g Antenna Coronavirus Covid-19\u201d By Sasa Kadrijevic Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong> \u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann, found on FreeMusicArchive.org licensed under CC0 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cminimal ambient music\/atmosphere fragment\u201d by Clacksberg found on Freesound licensed under Creative Commons<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/counter.theconversation.com\/content\/139590\/count.gif\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/pasha-66-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-and-myths-139590\">The Conversation \u2013 Articles (AFRICA)<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pasha 66: Coronavirus conspiracy theories and myths: shutterstock \u201cThe coronavirus was made in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.\u201d \u201cCOVID-19 is not real and comes from 5G network towers.\u201d \u201cDrinking warm water with lemon juice will kill the coronavirus.\u201d \u201cThe flu vaccination will mean I won\u2019t get COVID-19.\u201d These are all conspiracy theories and myths shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[38117,8890,37255,12094,33830,27564],"class_list":{"0":"post-162414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-conspiracy","8":"tag-conversation","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-myths","11":"tag-pasha","12":"tag-theories","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}