Celebrating National News Literacy Week by calling out viral conspiracy theories. Misinterpretation of complex information is common in this genre, and the coronavirus is a current theme. NO: There is not yet a vaccine for this virus, and the virus was not invented to sell vaccines. NO: It was not created by the CDC. NO: There is no patent or connection to Bill Gates. (Conspiracy theorists are misinterpreting a 2015 patent application for a vaccine that would prevent a different strain in birds.) h/t News Literacy Project