Do people believe Covid myths?

Lemon and chillies, believed to ward away evil, are hung outside a closed shop during restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus in Jammu, India, on 12 May. Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

 In March 2020, more than a quarter of the top Covid-19 related videos on YouTube contained misleading claims and those had more than 60m views worldwide. The World Health Organization’s Covid “myth-busters” page counters ideas such as the notion that eating garlic protects you against infection. But how many people believe such claims?

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