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Misinformation and the COVID-19 Pandemic

One recent event that led to a surge of health misinformation was the COVID-19 Pandemic. Misinformation spreading had dangerous consequences, such as causing people to overreact (trying ineffective treatments, hoarding goods) or underreact (neglect public-safety measures, unintentionally spread the virus).

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Updated 2026-06-30

Contributors are:

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Megan Rush
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Who are from:

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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References


  • Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy-Nudge Intervention

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Psychology

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Empirical Science

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