Aiyer Ishan, Shaik Likhita, Kashyap Rahul, Surani Salim
Education, Blair Academy, Blairstown, USA.
Family Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, USA.
Cureus. 2022 Oct 7;14(10):e30026. doi: 10.7759/cureus.30026. eCollection 2022 Oct.
COVID-19, the biggest global health crisis of our times was complicated by an equally potent co-factor: the misinformation infodemic. A confluence of unique factors led to the emergence of the crisis of misinformation, including the widespread reach of social media, the lack of credible sources and strategies for information dissemination, and the sticky and virulent nature of the misinformation campaigns. One of the primary targets of the misinformation campaign was the COVID-19 vaccine effort, leading to significant impediments to implementing an effective and successful vaccination campaign. The time to act is now and will need a concerted multipronged approach with a close partnership between scientists, public health agencies, government agencies, and social media companies to foster accuracy in the exchange of health information in social media and curb the menace of misinformation. This paper aims to review the scope of the problem and examine strategies to help mitigate it.
新冠疫情是我们这个时代最大的全球健康危机，而另一个同样强大的因素使其变得更加复杂：错误信息疫情。一系列独特因素共同导致了错误信息危机的出现，包括社交媒体的广泛传播、缺乏可靠的信息来源和传播策略，以及错误信息传播活动的顽固性和危害性。错误信息传播活动的主要目标之一是新冠疫苗接种工作，这给实施有效且成功的疫苗接种运动带来了重大阻碍。现在是采取行动的时候了，需要采取协调一致的多管齐下方法，科学家、公共卫生机构、政府机构和社交媒体公司之间紧密合作，以促进社交媒体上健康信息交流的准确性，并遏制错误信息的威胁。本文旨在回顾问题的范围，并研究有助于缓解该问题的策略。
