Experts and the media continue to fight against misinformation about COVID-19 three years after the start of the pandemic caused by this disease.
From myths about an alleged creation of the disease as a means of control to possible effects from the application of the vaccine against the disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus have been part of the false news that has circulated around the world, which has concerned experts and the media because they have even affected the vaccination rates of the countries.
And it is that thousands of families in the United States decided not to get vaccinated due to rumors such as chip implantation, infertility or heart disease and although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?CDC, for its acronym in English? have made informational notes available to the population to disprove these myths, many of the people have ignored them, arguing “they do not believe in the government and the media.
In addition, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become evident that most people today are informed through social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and even TikTok, in which despite the efforts of many, misinformation is still latent, sowing doubts about the safety of vaccines, side effects of the disease, among other things.
However, misinformation has caused rejection not only of vaccines or medical treatments against the disease, but also of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander ?AAPI? , thus generating problems of discrimination and racism, since at the beginning of the pandemic, people were heard telling members of this population that they were to blame for the disease.
For this reason, the health authorities have called on the population and the media to verify the information they obtain and disseminate about COVID-19.
"Viral misinformation is contagious and dangerous," Cameron Hickey declared at a press conference organized by Ethnic Media Services in which the issue of misinformation about the disease caused by the SARS-Cov2 virus was discussed and compared to the way in which viruses spread.
In addition, Hickey pointed out that false information is often presented through manipulation and fear, conspiracy theories, incomplete information, pseudoscience, hateful comments, lack of logic or old content, so he urged to stay alert in case of perceive that the information found on the web and social networks has these characteristics.
And it is that since the beginning of the pandemic, false news has circulated around the world that includes the sudden death of public figures, as well as altered numbers of mortality rates from the disease.
Likewise, he pointed out that it is important to remain alert in relation to the supposed treatments that claim to detox the vaccine against COVID-19, because in addition to being false, they are dangerous and harmful to health, in addition to the fact that it is not necessary to eliminate the inoculation is safe.
He also warned that false news related to H5N1 influenza or bird flu has begun to circulate.
Hickey concluded by noting that it is everyone's responsibility to encourage others to be aware of false information and report it if they find it, in addition to sharing truthful information.
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