How to fight an infodemic
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Under current plausible COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates, possible levels of existing protective immunity, and the rapidly evolving nature of misinformation, it is unclear whether vaccination will reach the levels required for herd immunity.
“Under these current plausible COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates, possible levels of existing protective immunity-though it is unclear whether post-infection immunity confers long-term immunity 29 and the rapidly evolving nature of misinformation surrounding the pandemic 23,30 , it is unclear whether vaccination will reach the levels required for herd immunity.”
From Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA (2021) · cites this paper as [30]
There is rapid amplification of both accurate and inaccurate information on digital platforms worldwide.
“In addition to the physical health impacts of COVID-19, there is a rapid amplification of both accurate and inaccurate information on digital platforms worldwide [3].”
Accessible, non-visual techniques to present a variety of data graphics have largely been investigated in research, but few have been translated to standard web tools for use in practice.
“While accessible, non-visual techniques to present a variety of data graphics have largely been investigated in research [43,92,93,130,134], few have been translated to standard web tools for use in practice.”
From The Accessibility of Data Visualizations on the Web for Screen Reader Users: Practices and Experiences During COVID-19 (2023) · cites this paper as [130]
The cited sentence attaches this source to the claim that non-visual techniques for presenting data graphics have been investigated in research. The paper’s “How to fight an infodemic” section discusses COVID-19 misinformation and WHO communications, not accessible data graphics. Searches for non-visual data-graphics techniques and their use in web tools found no relevant passage; the web-tools clause is not directly attached to this citation. (LLM, conf=0.78)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPublic support for policies to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is being undercut by misinformation.
“Public support for policies to control the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is being undercut by misinformation, leading to the World Health Organization's 'infodemic' declaration (6).”
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Infodemic can influence medical decision-making on treatment or preventive measures.
“Infodemic can influence medical decision-making on treatment or preventive measures, (59, 60) for example some people used hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 based on false or unproven information, endorsed by popular and influential people (61).”
From ChatGPT and the rise of large language models: the new AI-driven infodemic threat in public health (2023) · cites this paper as [59]
Information dynamics intended to change perceptions can direct collective attention to false or inflammatory content, a phenomenon called infodemics that resembles epidemics.
“In this study, we show that information dynamics tailored to alter individuals' perceptions and, consequently, their behavioral response, is able to drive collective attention 12 towards false 13,14 or inflammatory 15 content, a phenomenon named infodemics [16][17][18][19] , sharing similarities with more traditional epidemics and spreading phenomena [20][21][22] .”
From Assessing the risks of ‘infodemics’ in response to COVID-19 epidemics (2020) · cites this paper as [12]
Lacking a developed framework, tech companies have fumbled their way through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, unable to stem the "infodemic" of misinformation.
“Lacking a developed framework, tech companies have fumbled their way through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, unable to stem the “infodemic” of misinformation”
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- Authors
- Zarocostas, J.
- Corresponding author
- Zarocostas, John
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-02
- Volume
- 395
- Issue
- 10225
- Pages
- 676
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- PMC
- PMC7133615
- OpenAlex
- W3007198457
- Cited by
- 2,344
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 119 · 2025: 187 · 2024: 253 · 2023: 385 · 2022: 499 · 2021: 564 · 2020: 337
- FWCI
- 597.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Social Sciences › Communication › Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Keywords
- infodemic, COVID-19 misinformation, risk communication, social media, public health communication, rumors, health emergency preparedness, public trust in health information, public health emergency of international concern
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Global Health, World Health Organization, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics
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