The Peru Approach against the COVID-19 Infodemic: Insights and Strategies

The COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic," with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective describes a selection of COVID-19 fake news that originated in Peru and the government's response to this information. Unlike...

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Vydané v:The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Ročník 103; číslo 2; s. 583
Hlavní autori: Alvarez-Risco, Aldo, Mejia, Christian R, Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime, Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla, Arce-Esquivel, Arturo A, Valladares-Garrido, Mario J, Rosas Del Portal, Mauricio, Villegas, León F, Curioso, Walter H, Sekar, M Chandra, Yáñez, Jaime A
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: United States 01.08.2020
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Betacoronavirus
Communication
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Deception
Government Regulation
Health Communication - standards
Health Education - standards
Health Literacy
Humans
Pandemics
Peru
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Social Media
Peru
ISSN:1476-1645, 1476-1645
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Shrnutí:The COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic," with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective describes a selection of COVID-19 fake news that originated in Peru and the government's response to this information. Unlike other countries, Peru was relatively successful in controlling the infodemic possibly because of the implementation of prison sentences for persons who created and shared fake news. We believe that similar actions by other countries in collaboration with social media companies may offer a solution to the infodemic problem.
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ISSN:1476-1645
1476-1645
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536