upright=1.35|"COVID is a lie" graffiti in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England In the psychology of human behavior, denialism is a person's choice to deny reality as a way to avoid a psychologically uncomfortable truth. Denialism is an essentially irrational action that withholds the validation of a historical experience or event, when a person refuses to accept an empirically verifiable reality.  The term "COVID-19 denialism" or "new coronavirus denialism" (or viral denialism) refers to the thinking of those who deny the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic or, at the very least, deny that deaths are happening in the manner or proportions scientifically recognized by the World Health Organization. These claims are considered pseudoscientific, and the current scientific consensus supports data issued by countries' health agencies.DE TROI, M. and QUINTILIO, W. Coronavírus: lições anti-negacionistas e o futuro do planeta [online]. SciELO em Perspectiva, 2020 [viewed 25 April 2020].
 In the psychology of human behavior, denialism is a person's choice to deny reality as a way to avoid a psychologically uncomfortable truth. Denialism is an essentially irrational action that withholds the validation of a historical experience or event, when a person refuses to accept an empirically verifiable reality. upright=1.35|"COVID is a lie" graffiti in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England The term "COVID-19 denialism" or "new coronavirus denialism" (or viral denialism) refers to the thinking of those who deny the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic or, at the very least, deny that deaths are happening in the manner or proportions scientifically recognized by the World Health Organization. These claims are considered pseudoscientific, and the current scientific consensus supports data issued by countries' health agencies.DE TROI, M. and QUINTILIO, W. Coronavírus: lições anti-negacionistas e o futuro do planeta [online]. SciELO em Perspectiva, 2020 [viewed 25 April 2020].
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upright=1.35|"COVID is a lie" graffiti in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
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upright=1.35|"COVID is a lie" graffiti in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England