Seeking Clarity in a World Infected by COVID-19 and Fake News
Received Date: Sep 23, 2020 / Accepted Date: Oct 07, 2020 / Published Date: Oct 14, 2020
Abstract
The world has been changed irrevocably by the infectious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. COVID-19 affects everyone everywhere. A separate and significant, though not necessarily as infectious, malady affecting many, though not all, individuals worldwide, is “Fake News”, known alternatively as yellow journalism, junk news, pseudo news, false news, alternative facts, hoaxes, misinformation, disinformation, fabricated news, corrupt news, unfathomable nonsense, or outright lies, which are typically based on provably false statements, and are distributed widely through mainstream news media and social media. The commentary presents a brief history of COVID-19 and fake news, and existing international efforts to deal with each of these infections.
Keywords: COVID-19; Fake news; Infectious; News media; Social media; International efforts
Citation: McAleer M (2020) Seeking Clarity in a World Infected by COVID-19 and Fake News. Diagn Pathol Open 5: 177. Doi: 10.4172/2476-2024.1000177
Copyright: © 2020 McAleer M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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