This is actually quite fascinating. The study had nothing to do with measuring deaths - what the scientists did was look at the types and number of 'infodemics' (i.e. myths) spreading on social media early this yearhttps://twitter.com/whereisdaz/status/1293667377960296448 …
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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
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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!
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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?
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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 …
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(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)
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Our survey analysis found clustering within rumours too, roughly linked to prevention, management and cure. It is arguable whether some of these are truly myths, e.g. we should have asked about UV more specifically, but the preprint is here:https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.04.20168583v1.full.pdf+html …
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