A good chunk of those aren't necessarily false claims, just ones that haven't been proven true. The study is misinforming us about the misinformation, and NYT i

A good chunk of those aren't necessarily false claims, just ones that haven't been proven true. The study is misinforming us about the misinformation, and NYT is misinforming us about that. Maybe it was bats. Seems like the jury is still out on that one. Even if it's wrong, I think Gen Z's could be forgiven for conflating it with Ebola in the origin story. Mind you, most of them are going to say "bats? I don't know, let me look that up" in real life. In a survey you have to go with "uhh, I do remember hearing something about a deadly virus that came from eating bats..."