They found three types of 'infodemic' - rumours, conspiracy theories, and stigma The biggest numerically was rumours. I'm sure you all remember the type (hot water KILLS coronavirus)pic.twitter.com/fiiCAejtPE
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They found three types of 'infodemic' - rumours, conspiracy theories, and stigma The biggest numerically was rumours. I'm sure you all remember the type (hot water KILLS coronavirus)pic.twitter.com/fiiCAejtPE
Thus far it's interesting and useful research, but not as big a story as "hundreds dead" Well, in the discussion, the authors cited some Iranian news stories that said that hundreds had died after drinking methanolpic.twitter.com/XlX5hP6wu5
So the actual figures here are deaths from ONE cause from ONE country In other words, a VAST underestimate Also, not the main point of the research!
If this was the death toll from misinformation in Iran, imagine what it must be worldwide. Remember the guy who died after taking fish parasite medicine?
Anyway, study is here if you're interested: http://www.ajtmh.org/docserver/fulltext/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0812/tpmd200812.pdf?expires=1597270880&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=7D611858BAE58A698C899166631CA224 …
(And yes, it's a bit ironic that a study about misinformation would be somewhat incorrectly represented in the media as a study about deaths)
I just read the PDF on my phone looking for the mortality data... WTF.
Gotta love those headlines!
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