When the pandemic hit last March, 27-year-old Jennifer*, a childcare worker from Virginia, was furloughed from her job, leaving her…
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South Africa’s inability to honestly confront AIDS shows the dangers of America’s COVID-19 denialism | The Conversation
by Renee Schatteman
December 23, 2020
At a time when the U.S. is experiencing one of the worst COVID-19 infection rates among wealthy nations, Americans could…
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the UK: The Oxford Coronavirus Explanations, Attitudes, and Narratives Survey (OCEANS) II | Psychological Medicine
by Daniel Freeman, Bao S. Loe, Andrew Chadwick, Cristian Vaccari, Felicity Waite, Laina Rosebrock, Lucy Jenner, Ariane Petit, Stephan Lewandowsky, Samantha Vanderslott, Stefania Innocenti, Michael Larkin, Alberto Giubilini, Ly-Mee Yu, Helen McShane, Andrew J. Pollard, and Sinéad Lambe
December 14, 2020
Background: Our aim was to estimate provisional willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, identify predictive socio-demographic factors, and, principally, determine…
American Elites Still Don’t Understand COVID-19 | The Atlantic
by Derek Thompson
December 14, 2020
The United States has been overwhelmed by vectors of misinformation throughout the pandemic. But it’s not just Donald Trump, many…
WHO accused of conspiring with Italy to remove damning Covid report | The Guardian
by Angela Giuffrida
December 11, 2020
The World Health Organization has been accused of conspiring with the Italian health ministry to remove a report revealing the…
Black doctors, scientists try to boost trust in coronavirus vaccine for Black community | The Washington Post
by Lola Fadulu
December 8, 2020
The Rev. Liz Walker’s job is to minister to souls at Roxbury Presbyterian Church in Boston. But lately it’s her…
In 2021, it’s time to refocus on health and science misinformation | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Diara J. Townes & Claire Wardle
December 8, 2020
Since 2016, the “field of misinformation” has been disproportionately focused on political disinformation, with emphases on both Facebook and Twitter.…
Researcher Cites Uptick In COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation | NPR
by Michael Martin
December 7, 2020
Twenty-one percent of adults in the U.S. say they're, quote, "pretty certain" they will not get a COVID-19 vaccine and…
The different forms of COVID-19 misinformation and their consequences | HKS Misinformation Review
by Adam M. Enders, Joseph E. Uscinski, Justin Stoler, and Casey Klofstad
November 20, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, an understanding of the structure and organization of beliefs in pandemic conspiracy theories and misinformation…
Misinformation in wake of the COVID-19 outbreak: Fueling shortage and misuse of lifesaving drugs in Pakistan | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
by Furqan Hashmi, Naveel Atif, Usman Rashid Malik, Zineb Riboua, Fahad Saleem, Yusra Habib Khan, Abrar Ahmad & Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi
October 27, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),declared a pandemicby the World Health Organization,isspreading worldwide rapidly.1As of 9August 2020, the total death toll had…