2) “study identified 11 topics of misinformation, including various conspiracy theories, like one that emerged in Jan suggesting pandemic was manufactured by Democrats to coincide with Mr. Trump’s impeachment trial, & another to people who ate bat soup”. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-misinformation.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/3...
3) “Only 16.4% of the misinformation conversation was “fact- checking”in nature, suggesting that the majority of COVID misinformation is conveyed by the media without question or correction”
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4) “conspiracy theories, when lumped together, accounted for 46 percent of the misinformation mentions. Another emerged in early April suggesting that Dr. Fauci, was exaggerating deaths or was a beneficiary of pharmaceutical company efforts to find treatments and vaccines.”
8) Bottomline: this is so infuriating. We knew Trump was a leading conveyer of misinfo, but now shown on such a grand scale.
That& #39;s why we at Federation of American Scientists @FAScientists pulled together hundreds of scientists to fight misinformation. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-grassroots-effort-to-fight-misinformation-during-the-pandemic/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a...
That& #39;s why we at Federation of American Scientists @FAScientists pulled together hundreds of scientists to fight misinformation. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-grassroots-effort-to-fight-misinformation-during-the-pandemic/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a...
9) As an epidemiologist, so many of these Trump misinfo on #COVID19 have been so dangerous. There are even note not listed in the 11 conspiracies. There are also outright falsehoods like this the story didn’t include.
10) 200,000 deaths -so many could have been avoided with good info so people could stay safe. So shameful. Simply didn’t have to be this way.
11) We need a national reckoning so we can stop this. Misinformation and lack of warning to people will someday be considered one of the greatest failures of Trump WH. Ive been fighting for 9 months. Let’s keep fighting. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/03/why-was-it-so-hard-to-raise-the-alarm-on-coronavirus.html">https://nymag.com/intellige...
12) “There is a science of rumors. It’s when there is uncertainty and fear,” said Dr. @drJoshS. “In the absence of treatments or vaccines, honest and consistent messaging is essential.” — we need to listen to scientists not Trump. Media needs to stop covering them as equal advice