Disinformation, Misinformation and Inequality-Driven Mistrust in the Time of COVID-19: Lessons Unlearned from AIDS Denialism - PMC
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During a pandemic about which too little is known, public health is facing a crisis on multiple levels, including regarding COVID-19 related- health messaging. With the federal government’s inadequate, inconsistent and largely non-evidence-based response [1–3], and the far reach of social media “armchair experts” [4, 5], tremendous uncertainty, fear, and anger has emerged with respect to the origins, treatments and prevention methods regarding COVID-19. Much of the evidence needed to fully inform clinical and public health responses is not yet available, making COVID-19 uniquely vulnerable…
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