Medical disinformation and the unviable nature of COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
Medical disinformation and the unviable nature of COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0245900
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发表时间：
2021
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Grimes DR
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作者：
Grimes DR
冠状病毒大流行导致社交媒体上的医疗虚假信息显著增加。各种说法已经获得了相当大的吸引力，包括声称COVID是一个骗局或故意制造的，5G频率辐射导致冠状病毒，以及大流行是大型制药公司通过疫苗牟取暴利的鲁塞。据估计，30%的人口认同某种形式的COVID医学科学阴谋论，对他们自己和他人造成不利影响。因此，揭露这些说法缺乏真实性是相当重要的。以前的研究表明，历史上的医学和科学阴谋是极不可能持续下去的。在这篇文章中，一个假设的新冠肺炎阴谋的扩展模型推导出来。分析表明，即使在阴谋者的理想情况下，通常遇到的阴谋主张也极不可能持久，并且很快就会暴露。这项工作还探讨了医学科学接受的范围，谎言传播背后的动机，以及医学和科学界预测和应对谎言出现的迫切需要。
The coronavirus pandemic has seen a marked rise in medical disinformation across social media. A variety of claims have garnered considerable traction, including the assertion that COVID is a hoax or deliberately manufactured, that 5G frequency radiation causes coronavirus, and that the pandemic is a ruse by big pharmaceutical companies to profiteer off a vaccine. An estimated 30% of some populations subscribe some form of COVID medico-scientific conspiracy narratives, with detrimental impacts for themselves and others. Consequently, exposing the lack of veracity of these claims is of considerable importance. Previous work has demonstrated that historical medical and scientific conspiracies are highly unlikely to be sustainable. In this article, an expanded model for a hypothetical en masse COVID conspiracy is derived. Analysis suggests that even under ideal circumstances for conspirators, commonly encountered conspiratorial claims are highly unlikely to endure, and would quickly be exposed. This work also explores the spectrum of medico-scientific acceptance, motivations behind propagation of falsehoods, and the urgent need for the medical and scientific community to anticipate and counter the emergence of falsehoods.
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