[Windguy]

It’s really bad how people will post BS as an absolute fact without checking the information first. This is how fake news spreads. Spreading such unfounded rumors can even lead to people’s reputations being ruined or worse.

If you hear something from someone (especially if it outrages you!), please check the information before passing it on. Or, at a minimum, start your statement with something like “I heard...” so people know that you aren’t certain.

As an example, my brother told me that COVID-19 can’t survive more than a few seconds as an aerosol in sunlight. That didn’t sound right, so after we hung up I looked for a source for that “information” and found none. I sent him a text asking where he heard it and he couldn’t find a source for it either. I suspect he heard it from a talking head on the propaganda network he listens to regularly.

If you aren’t positive of something, please check before posting what is nothing more than a rumor. Don’t be a rumor monger.