Citation

Canaries in the Coalmine: COVID-19 Misinformation and Black Communities

Author:
Collins-Dexter, Brandi
Year:
2020

The Black community online is awash
in medical misinformation about the
coronavirus pandemic.

Even as Black people are disproportionately dying from the virus due to systemic racism, harmful inaccuracies about how to keep from contracting COVID-19, how to treat it, and where it comes from are metastasizing in Black online spaces, putting people at even greater risk.