The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, undermining health officials in ways that could elongate and even outlast the pandemic.
The coronavirus has given rise to a flood of conspiracy theories, disinformation and propaganda, undermining health officials in ways that could elongate and even outlast the pandemic.
Rumors of secret cures — diluted bleach, turning off your electronics, bananas — promise hope of protection from a threat that not even world leaders can escape.
The belief that one is privy to forbidden knowledge offers feelings of control amid a crisis that has turned the world upside down. And sharing that “knowledge” may give people something that is hard to come by after weeks of lockdowns
Rumors of secret cures — diluted bleach, turning off your electronics, bananas — promise hope of protection from a threat that not even world leaders can escape.
The belief that one is privy to forbidden knowledge offers feelings of control amid a crisis that has turned the world upside down. And sharing that “knowledge” may give people something that is hard to come by after weeks of lockdowns
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