The monkeypox outbreak that has swept the globe has churned up dozens of bogus conspiracy theories about its origins, how it is spread and its symptoms.
Some of the myths being peddled online include that the outbreak is actually just a ‘cover up’ of vaccine-induced shingles and that AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine causes monkeypox.
Others have wrongly suggested the virus leaked from the Chinese lab at the heart of Covid’s origin debate, and that eating meat in Britain may give someone