Coronavirus Rumor Control Squashes Lamont School Closing Pronouncement.

There are a lot of moving parts to the fight against a pandemic. Truth can often become a casualty with serious consequence for an anxious public. Governor Ned Lamont gave Connecticut’s Online rumor control center some unwelcome business this week.

Lamont startled listeners when he declared on New York’s popular WCBS-880 news radio station that the state’s public schools will not open again until September. Rumor Control swung into action to correct the voluble Lamont’s spontaneous announcement.