The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to a startling rise in social-media fueled misinformation and conspiracies, leading to dangerous outcomes for our society and health. We quantify the reach and belief in COVID-19 related misinformation , revealing a troubling breadth and depth of misinformation that is highly partisan .
The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to the online proliferation of health-, political-, and conspiratorial-based misinformation. Understanding the reach and belief in this misinformation is vital to managing this crisis, as well as future crises. The results from our global survey finds a troubling reach of and belief in COVID-related misinformation, as well as a correlation with those that primarily consume news from social media, and, in the United States, a strong correlation with political leaning .
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a startling rise in social-media fueled misinformation and conspiracies, leading to dangerous outcomes for our society and health. We quantify
the online proliferation of health-, political-, and conspiratorial-based misinformation. Understanding
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COVID-19 related misinformation , revealing a troubling breadth and depth of misinformation that is highly partisan
this misinformation is vital to managing this crisis, as well as future crises. The results from our global survey finds a troubling reach of and belief in COVID-related misinformation, as well as a correlation with those that primarily consume news from social media, and, in the United States, a strong correlation with political leaning