The Peru Approach against the COVID-19 Infodemic: Insights and Strategies
The Peru Approach against the COVID-19 Infodemic: Insights and Strategies
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536
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发表时间：
2020-08-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Yanez, Jaime A.
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作者：
Alvarez-Risco, Aldo;Mejia, Christian R.;Yanez, Jaime A.
COVID-19疫情催生了一场“信息流行病”，过多和毫无根据的信息阻碍了适当的公共卫生应对。这一视角描述了一系列源自秘鲁的COVID-19假新闻，以及政府对这些信息的回应。与其他国家不同，秘鲁在控制信息流行方面相对成功，这可能是因为对制造和分享假新闻的人判处了徒刑。我们认为，其他国家与社交媒体公司合作采取的类似行动可能会为信息流行病问题提供解决方案。
The COVID-19 epidemic has spawned an "infodemic," with excessive and unfounded information that hinders an appropriate public health response. This perspective describes a selection of COVID-19 fake news that originated in Peru and the government's response to this information. Unlike other countries, Peru was relatively successful in controlling the infodemic possibly because of the implementation of prison sentences for persons who created and shared fake news. We believe that similar actions by other countries in collaboration with social media companies may offer a solution to the infodemic problem.