COVID-19 pandemic Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Misinformation === {{Main|COVID-19 misinformation}} [[Misinformation]] and [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] about the pandemic have been widespread; they travel through [[Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic|mass media]], [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media#Misinformation|social media]] and text messaging.<ref name="FTTextMsg">{{#invoke:cite web|| vauthors = Murphy H, Di Stefano M, Manson K |url=https://www.ft.com/content/34b6df5a-ea4a-471f-8ac9-606580480049|title=Huge text message campaigns spread coronavirus fake news|date=20 March 2020|work=Financial Times}}</ref> In March 2020, WHO declared an "[[infodemic]]" of incorrect information.<ref name="Lowy">{{#invoke:cite news|| vauthors = Kassam N |date=25 March 2020|title=Disinformation and coronavirus|work=The Interpreter|publisher=Lowy Institute|url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/disinformation-and-coronavirus }}</ref> [[Cognitive biases]], such as [[confirmation bias]], are linked to conspiracy beliefs, including [[COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite journal || vauthors = Kuhn SA, Lieb R, Freeman D, Andreou C, Zander-Schellenberg T | title = Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs in the German-speaking general population: endorsement rates and links to reasoning biases and paranoia | journal = Psychological Medicine | pages = 4162–4176 | date = March 2021 | volume = 52 | issue = 16 | pmid = 33722315 | pmc = 8027560 | doi = 10.1017/S0033291721001124 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page