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Let us pray, now, for science. Pray for empiricism and for epidemiology and for vaccines. Pray for peer review and controlled double-blinds. For flu shots, herd immunity and washing your […]
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WHO is leading the effort to slow the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. But a global epidemic of misinformation—spreading rapidly through social media platforms and other outlets—poses […]
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An outbreak of coronavirus that began in Wuhan, China, and spread globally has caused nearly 3,000 deaths worldwide. BuzzFeed News has a running list of falsehoods and unverified information following […]
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Chapter 4 of Ong, Tapsell, and Curato’s August 2019 report on disinformation in the Philippine midterm election offers context for coronavirus-related sinophobia in the Philippines. The opposition mobilised an anti-China narrative […]
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Among the many outlandish statements President Trump has made since taking office, one in particular stands out for me. Speaking in Kansas City, Mo., in the summer of 2018, he […]
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Information about the novel coronavirus and Covid-19, the disease it causes, comes from a kaleidoscope of sources: the World Health Organization runs a landing page that answers basic questions, President […]
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For police departments, there has been no greater, or worse, home for the law enforcement equivalent of dad jokes than Facebook. They have issued arrest warrants for Elsa from “Frozen” […]
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Amazon has blocked over a million products from being sold after they made misleading claims about being able to cure or prevent COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, […]
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Fears of an economic downturn caused by supply chain interruptions and worker shortages due to the coronavirus may have been brought about by a constant stream of disinformation. Stories claiming […]
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SHANGHAI — An outbreak of disinformation in China and elsewhere has hurt global efforts to combat the new coronavirus, said a specialist infectious disease lab located at the epicenter of […]