Pharmacists must combat mis/disinformation!

Watson, Kaitlyn E.; Tsuyuki, Ross T.

doi:10.1177/1715163521992037

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“…It was not until mid-February when the WHO decided to declare among the "COVID-19 health pandemic" the situation of an "infodemic" [81]. We must understand that the social context in which there is a dwindling trust in politicians, science in general, rampant conspiracy theories, with the added effect of the isolation of many people during the pandemic, has led to this perfect breeding ground for profiling antimaskers and COVID-19 denialists [82]. Among the different conspiracy theories and fake news, those that had the greatest impact were: the virus is a secret attempt by the global elite to reduce overpopulation; the virus is a bioweapon of the Chinese state to control the world; the virus is a scheme by greedy "Big Pharma" companies to make money off vaccines; eating garlic, drinking hot water, not eating ice cream, or wearing salt-coated face masks will keep the virus at bay; drinking bleach, chlorine dioxide, colloidal silver, or your own urine can help kill the virus [70].…”

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Mis–Dis Information in COVID-19 Health Crisis: A Narrative Review

Clemente-Suárez

Navarro-Jiménez

Simón

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Background: In this narrative review, we address the COVID-19 pandemic mis–dis information crisis in which healthcare systems have been pushed to their limits, with collapses occurring worldwide. The context of uncertainty has resulted in skepticism, confusion, and general malaise among the population. Informing the public has been one of the major challenges during this pandemic. Misinformation is defined as false information shared by people who have no intention of misleading others. Disinformation is defined as false information deliberately created and disseminated with malicious intentions. Objective: To reach a consensus and critical review about mis–dis information in COVID-19 crisis. Methods: A database search was conducted in PsychINFO, MedLine (Pubmed), Cochrane (Wiley), Embase and CinAhl. Databases used the MeSH-compliant keywords of COVID-19, 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus 2019, SARS-CoV-2, misinformation, disinformation, information, vaccines, vaccination, origin, target, spread, communication. Results: Both misinformation and disinformation can affect the population’s confidence in vaccines (development, safety, and efficacy of vaccines, as well as denial of the severity of SARS-CoV infection). Institutions should take into account that a great part of the success of the intervention to combat a pandemic has a relationship with the power to stop the misinformation and disinformation processes. The response should be well-structured and addressed from different key points: central level and community level, with official and centralized communication channels. The approach should be multifactorial and enhanced by the collaboration of social media companies to stop misleading information, and trustworthy people both working or not working in the health care systems to boost the power of the message. Conclusions: The response should be well-structured and addressed from different key points: central level and community level, with official and clearly centralized communication channels. The approach should be multifactorial and enhanced from the collaboration of social media companies to stop misleading information, and trustworthy people both working and not working in the health care systems to boost the power of a message based on scientific evidence.

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Mis–Dis Information in COVID-19 Health Crisis: A Narrative Review

Clemente-Suárez

Navarro-Jiménez

Simón

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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“… 4 Low vaccine uptake rates will draw out the pandemic through continued transmission, possible resurgence of COVID-19 and emergence of variants and will ultimately “prolong the social and economic repercussions of the pandemic on families and communities.” 4 Thus, it is of extreme importance that regulators take a clear stand against clinicians spreading mis/disinformation and that pharmacists and other clinicians combat mis/disinformation as described in a previous issue of this journal. 5 …”

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Quacks vs facts: Regulatory body discipline when clinicians spread COVID-19 mis/disinformation

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“…In this sense, we would like to share an example, supporting the recent editorial by Watson and Tsuyuki in this journal. 1 During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been countless recommendations in public and social media to stop the intake of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) ibuprofen because of an increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severity of COVID-19 disease; this included eventual retractions. 2 Fang et al 3 was cited, and the recommendation to avoid ibuprofen most probably refers to the following statement in their correspondence, which, overall, addressed the issue of hypertension, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and the risk of COVID-19: "ACE2 can also be increased by thiazolidinediones and ibuprofen.…”

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“…In this sense, we would like to share an example, supporting the recent editorial by Watson and Tsuyuki in this journal. 1…”

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