Lesson Overview
Featured Article: “Covid Test Misinformation Spikes Along With Spread of Omicron”
In the wake of Omicron, additional testing and breakthrough Covid infections among vaccinated people have created the perfect recipe for misinformation about the coronavirus.
In this lesson, you will think about rumors you have heard and learn about some of the ways that falsehoods have been able to grow during this stage of the pandemic. Then, you will have several choices for thinking more about misinformation, whether by reading the related “Annotated by the Author” version of this article, by fact-checking Covid information you come across, or by considering one recent issue with misinformation and deciding what should be done.
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