Chiolero Arnaud, Paradis Gilles, Santschi Valérie, Cullati Stéphane
Laboratoire de santé des populations (#PopHealthLab), Université de Fribourg Hôpital cantonal, 1700 Fribourg.
Observatoire valaisan de la santé (OVS), 1950 Sion.
Rev Med Suisse. 2021 Mar 17;17(730):538-540.
Physicians, pharmacists and caregivers, as well as public health officials and citizens, must sort through the enormous amount of information circulating about the pandemic. This crisis is accompanied by a real « infodemic » via multiple media, digital and otherwise. Is circulating a mixture of reliable information but also of misinformation, fed by the obscurantism jeopardizing the implementation of interventions such as vaccination or mask-wearing. To address this infodemic, evidence-based and data-driven public health should be strengthened. Debuting rumors - « see something, say something » - and promoting credible information limit misinformation. Strengthening people's knowledge in population health science would also help.
医生、药剂师和护理人员，以及公共卫生官员和公民，都必须梳理有关这一疫情的大量流传信息。这场危机伴随着一场通过多种媒体（包括数字媒体及其他媒体）真实发生的“信息疫情”。流传的既有可靠信息，也有错误信息，这些错误信息源自蒙昧主义，危及疫苗接种或佩戴口罩等干预措施的实施。为应对这一信息疫情，应加强循证和数据驱动的公共卫生。辟谣——“看到什么，就说出来”——并推广可信信息，可限制错误信息的传播。增强人们在群体健康科学方面的知识也会有所帮助。
