Treating the COVID-19 'infodemic' as an epidemic
E-Mail IMAGE: Examples from a taxonomy of misinformation about masks, with preemptive infodemiologist responses. Developed by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. view more Credit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2021 Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, a trio of science communication researchers proposes to treat the Covid-19 misinformation "infodemic" with the same methods used to halt epidemics. "We believe the intertwining spreads of the virus and of misinformation and disinformation require an approach to counteracting decep...
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