evidence: Misrepresents source: Several coronavirus strains have been patented or referenced in the labeling of animal vaccines and disinfectants, such as Lysol. However, the 2019 outbreak was caused by a new coronavirus strain which emerged more recently. FULL CLAIM: The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was lab-created and patented; SARS-CoV-2 is not a new virus; COVID-19 pandemic was man-made and planned [...] The claim that SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus of COVID-19, is not actually a new virus has taken many different forms. One of its first incarnations, published in late January 2020, was made by Jordan Sather, who stated that the coronavirus is "‘new’ yet it was lab-created and patented in 2015". Sather asserted that the proof of this claim was the existence of a patent for a coronavirus held by the Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom. This claim went viral on Facebook within a day and spawned numerous copycat posts on Facebook that received more than 86,000 views. The rapid spread of this claim on social media was attributed to the group QAnon, as well as anti-vaccine groups.