Misinformation about COVID-19 symptoms and treatment falsely attributed to Stanford is circulating on social media and in email forwards. Not everyone with a sore throat has coronavirus, either, and not all coronavirus patients will develop pneumonia. Myth: Coronavirus patients will experience a drowning sensationCLAIM: "The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. "Fibrosis only develops in the minority of patients and 80 percent of coronavirus patients experience only the mild symptoms of the disease, so this is incorrect." The incubation period for coronavirus, Atmar said, is two to 14 days.

Source: CNN March 17, 2020 00:56 UTC