Jean Guerrero: How conspiracy theories about COVID-19 prey on Latinos
Summary: (Disinformation) . is particularly deadly when conspiracy theorists are targeting Latino essential workers who have sustained the American economy during the pandemic
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Jean Guerrero, Los Angeles Times | 11:00 am, May 7, 2021 ×
Monserat Ramos watches on March 5 as one of her grandparents receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a South Los Angeles clinic.
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Last year, I was working on a coronavirus story for the PBS NewsHour when my father texted me a since-removed YouTube video titled, “How to wipe out the corona virus THT in 10 min.” A chiropractor with a graying beard named John Bergman with more than half a million YouTube subscribers and an office in Huntington Beach said that taking vitamin C and drinking hot water would kill the virus and that the pandemic media coverage was “designed to take away your rights.”
Op-Ed: How conspiracy theories about COVID-19 prey on Latinos
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May 2, 2021, 3:30 AM·5 min read
Monserat Ramos watches as one of her grandparents receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a South Los Angeles clinic on March 5. (Los Angeles Times)
Last year, I was working on a coronavirus story for the PBS NewsHour when my father texted me a since-removed YouTube video titled, “How to wipe out the corona virus THT in 10 min.” A chiropractor with a graying beard named John Bergman with more than half a million YouTube subscribers and an office in Huntington Beach said that taking vitamin C and drinking hot water would kill the virus and that the pandemic media coverage was “designed to take away your rights.”
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