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2021-04-11
#FactCheck Vaccines in Peru
🔴 #FactCheck | El #Minsa alerta a la población ante la divulgación de información falsa. Instagram post targeting misinformation about the vaccines - including that all COVID-19 vaccines should be free. The commentators on this post are a bit more skeptical. -
2021-06-05
Someone else on the internet told me different!
This is what I imagine people doing when they turn off NPR’s latest COVID vaccines update before heading to the feed store to buy Ivermectin for COVID treatment. -
2020-03-18
Sen. Cornyn: China to blame for coronavirus, because 'people eat bats'
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, the Republican senator from Texas spread misinformation about the coronavirus and incorrectly cited China as a source of MERS and swine flu. -
2020-03-30
HM Government Press Release relating to COVID-19 Misinformation
This is an official press release from HM governmnet detailing their efforts to combat misinformation and "fake news" related to COVID-19. This effort is being headed up by experts from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. *Nicholas Bowers, Bowling Green State University, HIST 4800 -
2020-03-18
Health, Healing, and the Coronavirus
The “Found Conscious” Facebook page shared a video in which Thomas Cowan, MD describes the coronavirus pandemic in terms of his healing philosophy, claiming its related to 5G technology and metals. Within a week, Facebook reported more than 300,000 shares of this particular video. In the wake of ongoing concerns about “fake news,” social media platforms, including Facebook, have taken moves to censor expression. In this case, Facebook describes the presentation with a notice that it contains “False Information,” as checked by independent fact checkers. (See, for instance, the report of the independent experts: https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/viral-claim-falsely-asserts-that-covid-19-is-due-to-5g-technology-rollout-not-a-virus/?fbclid=IwAR0qoEAF9-cy2H2Y42gw6sQfiTCw_-CfPKWjpO2kzMUif5Z4vN05kD6qWCI.) Broadly, the video reveals how the Internet has become a platform for sharing alternative narratives of COVID-19 and the pandemic, revealing a public trying to understand what it means to live during a pandemic.