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False information, including intentional disinformation and conspiracy theories, about the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic and the origin, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease has been spread through social media, text messaging,[2] and mass media. False information has been propagated by celebrities, politicians, and other prominent public figures. Many countries have passed laws against "fake news", and thousands of people have been arrested for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. The spread of COVID-19 misinformation by governments has also been significant.

Commercial scams have claimed to offer at-home tests, supposed preventives, and "miracle" cures.[3] Several religious groups have claimed their faith will protect them from the virus.[4] Without evidence, some people have claimed the virus is a bioweapon accidentally or deliberately leaked from a laboratory, a population control scheme, the result of a spy operation, or the side effect of 5G upgrades to cellular networks.[5]

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an "infodemic" of incorrect information about the virus that poses risks to global health.[6] While belief in conspiracy theories is not a new phenomenon, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this can lead to adverse health effects. Cognitive biases, such as jumping to conclusions and confirmation bias, may be linked to the occurrence of conspiracy beliefs.[7] In addition to health effects, harms resulting from the spread of misinformation and endorsement of conspiracy theories include increasing distrust of news organizations and medical authorities as well as divisiveness and political fragmentation.[8]

Overview[edit]

See also: Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Deaths of anti-vaccine advocates from COVID-19, and Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

On 30 January 2020, the BBC reported on the developing issue of conspiracy theories and bad health advice regarding COVID-19. Examples at the time included false health advice shared on social media and private chats, as well as conspiracy theories such as the outbreak being planned with the participation of the Pirbright Institute.[9][10] On 31 January, The Guardian listed seven instances of misinformation, adding the conspiracy theories about bioweapons and the link to 5G technology, and including varied false health advice.[11]

In an attempt to speed up research sharing, many researchers have turned to preprint servers such as arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv, and SSRN. Papers are uploaded to these servers without peer review or any other editorial process that ensures research quality. Some of these papers have contributed to the spread of conspiracy theories. The most notable case was an unreviewed preprint paper uploaded to bioRxiv which claimed that the virus contained HIV "insertions". Following objections, the paper was withdrawn.[12][13][14] Preprints about COVID-19 have been extensively shared online and some data suggest that they have been used by the media almost 10 times more than preprints on other topics.[15]

According to a study published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, most misinformation related to COVID-19 involves "various forms of reconfiguration, where existing and often true information is spun, twisted, recontextualised, or reworked"; less misinformation "was completely fabricated". The study also found that "top-down misinformation from politicians, celebrities, and other prominent public figures", while accounting for a minority of the samples, captured a majority of the social media engagement. According to their classification, the largest category of misinformation (39%) was "misleading or false claims about the actions or policies of public authorities, including government and international bodies like the WHO or the UN".[16]

In addition to social media, television and radio have been perceived as sources of misinformation. In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Fox News adopted an editorial line that the emergency response to the pandemic was politically motivated or otherwise unwarranted,[17][18] and presenter Sean Hannity claimed on-air that the pandemic was a "hoax" (he later issued a denial).[19] When evaluated by media analysts, the effect of broadcast misinformation has been found to influence health outcomes in the population. In a natural experiment (an experiment that takes place spontaneously, without human design or intervention), two similar television news items that were shown on the Fox News network one month apart in 2019 were compared. One item reported the effects of COVID-19 more seriously, while a second item downplayed the threat of COVID-19. The study found that audiences who were exposed to the news item downplaying the threat were statistically more susceptible to increased COVID-19 infection rates and death.[20] In August 2021, television broadcaster Sky News Australia was criticised for posting videos on YouTube containing misleading medical claims about COVID-19.[21] Conservative talk radio in the US has also been perceived as a source of inaccurate or misleading commentary on COVID-19. In August and September 2021, several radio hosts who had discouraged COVID-19 vaccination, or expressed skepticism toward the COVID-19 vaccine, subsequently died from COVID-19 complications, among them Dick Farrel, Phil Valentine and Bob Enyart.[22][23]

Misinformation on the subject of COVID-19 has been used by politicians, interest groups, and state actors in many countries for political purposes: to avoid responsibility, scapegoat other countries, and avoid criticism of their earlier decisions. Sometimes there is a financial motive as well.[24][25][26] Multiple countries have been accused of spreading disinformation with state-backed operations in the social media in other countries to generate panic, sow distrust, and undermine democratic debate in other countries, or to promote their models of government.[27][28][29][30]

A Cornell University study of 38 million articles in English-language media around the world found that US President Donald Trump was the single largest driver of the misinformation.[31][32] Analysis published by National Public Radio in December 2021 found that as American counties showed higher vote shares for Trump in 2020, COVID-19 vaccination rates significantly decreased and death rates significantly increased. NPR attributed the findings to misinformation.[33]

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  3. ^ Office of Regulatory Affairs (4 January 2021). "Fraudulent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Products". FDA.
  4. ^ Kowalczyk O, Roszkowski K, Montane X, Pawliszak W, Tylkowski B, Bajek A (December 2020). "Religion and Faith Perception in a Pandemic of COVID-19". Journal of Religion and Health. 59 (6): 2671–2677. doi:10.1007/s10943-020-01088-3. PMC 7549332. PMID 33044598.
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  11. ^ Taylor J (31 January 2020). "Bat soup, dodgy cures and 'diseasology': the spread of coronavirus misinformation". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  12. ^ Majumder MS, Mandl KD (May 2020). "Early in the epidemic: impact of preprints on global discourse about COVID-19 transmissibility". The Lancet. Global Health. 8 (5): e627–e630. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30113-3. PMC 7159059. PMID 32220289.
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  14. ^ Rogers A (31 January 2020). "Coronavirus Research Is Moving at Top Speed – With a Catch". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  15. ^ Besançon L, Peiffer-Smadja N, Segalas C, Jiang H, Masuzzo P, Smout C, et al. (June 2021). "Open science saves lives: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic". BMC Medical Research Methodology. 21 (1): 117. bioRxiv 10.1101/2020.08.13.249847. doi:10.1186/s12874-021-01304-y. PMC 8179078. PMID 34090351. S2CID 221141998.
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  17. ^ Darcy, Oliver (13 March 2020). "How Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus". CNN. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  18. ^ Motta, Matt. "How Right-Leaning Media Coverage of COVID-19 Facilitated the Spread of Misinformation in the Early Stages of the Pandemic". osf.io. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  19. ^ Rieger, JM (19 March 2020). "Sean Hannity denied calling coronavirus a hoax nine days after he called coronavirus a hoax". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  20. ^ Bursztyn L, Rao A, Roth C, Yanagizawa-Drott D (19 April 2020). "Misinformation During a Pandemic". Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  21. ^ Visentin, Lisa (10 August 2021). "Sky News hosts silent as the channel deletes unproven COVID-19 treatment videos". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  22. ^ Farhi, Paul (1 September 2021). "Four conservative radio talk-show hosts bashed coronavirus vaccines. Then they got sick". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  23. ^ Gabbatt, Adam (21 September 2021). "Dangerous transmissions: anti-vax radio shows reach millions in US while stars die of Covid". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  24. ^ Wilson J (19 March 2020). "Disinformation and blame: how America's far right is capitalizing on coronavirus". The Grenadian.
  25. ^ "Analysis: Is China finding scapegoats in its coronavirus narrative?". BBC Monitoring.
  26. ^ Broderick R (22 April 2020). "Scientists Haven't Found Proof The Coronavirus Escaped From A Lab in Wuhan. Trump Supporters Are Spreading The Rumor Anyway". Buzzfeed News.
  27. ^ Rankin J (10 June 2020). "EU says China behind 'huge wave' of Covid-19 disinformation". The Guardian.
  28. ^ Galloway A (16 June 2020). "Foreign Minister Marise Payne hits out at Chinese, Russian 'disinformation'". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  29. ^ Brewster T (15 April 2020). "Iran-Linked Group Caught Spreading COVID-19 'Disinformation' On Facebook And Instagram". Forbes.
  30. ^ Emmot R (18 March 2020). "Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says". Reuters.
  31. ^ Stolberg SG, Weiland N (22 October 2020). "Study Finds 'Single Largest Driver' of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump". The New York Times.(Study)
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  33. ^ Wood, Daniel; Brumfiel, Geoff (5 December 2021). "Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame". NPR.org – via NPR.
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