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Garlic, heat cures and conspiracies: in Africa and globally, misinformation is spreading faster than COVID-19

Infodemic. It is the new term the World Health Organisation (WHO) has coined to describe the spread of misinformation that is spiralling out of control as the coronavirus pandemic which has since spread across the globe from Wuhan, China. And social media is the alarmist. WhatApp broadcasts, Facebook groups, memes taken a bit too seriously, … Continue reading Garlic, heat cures and conspiracies: in Africa and globally, misinformation is spreading faster than COVID-19

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