Sharma Indira, Vashnav Mrugesh, Sharma Reet
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Samvedna Happiness Hospital, Ahmedabad, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2020 Sep;62(Suppl 3):S420-S430. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_1060_20. Epub 2020 Sep 28.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the WHO as a Global Public Health Emergency the COVID-19 pandemic has been hyped by the media.
To review the literature on COVID-19 pandemic hype, losers and gainers. Method: Literature on COVID-19 pandemic hype, January to August 2020, was retrieved from pubmed, google scholar and news media, and reviewed.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has been hyped directly by highly disturbing messages from the WHO, news of famous people getting infected and dying because of the coronavirus, and highlighted news in media. Indirect hype has been by fake news and verambitious attempt to contain the virus. There have been many losers and gainers of the corona hype.
The COVID-19 pandemic hype has caused huge loss to the world community, but substantial gains are also being witnessed. Media coverage should be balanced. Intensive public awareness programs coupled with best possible medical treatment to symptomatic cases are recommended.
自世界卫生组织宣布新冠疫情为全球突发公共卫生事件以来,媒体一直在大肆炒作新冠疫情。
回顾关于新冠疫情炒作、输家和赢家的文献。方法:检索2020年1月至8月期间来自PubMed、谷歌学术和新闻媒体的关于新冠疫情炒作的文献,并进行综述。
新冠疫情被世界卫生组织极具干扰性的信息、名人因感染冠状病毒而患病和死亡的新闻以及媒体突出报道直接炒作。间接炒作则来自假新闻和遏制病毒的雄心勃勃的尝试。新冠疫情炒作有许多输家和赢家。
新冠疫情炒作给国际社会造成了巨大损失,但也有可观的收益。媒体报道应保持平衡。建议开展强化公众意识项目,并对有症状的病例提供尽可能好的医疗治疗。