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0230/2021 - The infodemic transcends the pandemic
A infodemia transcende a pandemia

Author:

• Neyson Freire - Freire, N. - <neysonfreire@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9038-9974

Co-author(s):

• Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm Cunha - Cunha, I.C.K.O - <isabelcunha@unifesp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6374-5665
• Francisco Rosemiro Guimarães Guimarães Ximenes Neto - Ximenes Neto, F. R. G. - <rosemironeto@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-9990
• Maria Helena Machado - Machado, M.H - <helenamachado06@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-2424
• Maria Cecilia de Souza Minayo - Minayo, M. C. S. - <cecilia@claves.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-9301


Abstract:

The article highlights the advance of science in interpreting pandemics, in contrast to the failure of governments that politicized the approach to the global public health emergency arisingCovid-19. This is a study that presents a reflection on the cognitive dissonance process caused by infodemia and addresses the need to apply infodemiology to mitigate the rious effects of false news that are intentionally manufactured, with the objective of confusing, misleading, manipulating and denying reality without, however, losing sight of the fact that the roots of the problem are historical, circumstantial, deep and difficult to solve. The work reveals the impacts of this situation for health professionals and exposes the fine line that exists between freedom of expression and the essential right to life, leading to the conclusion that wrong choices, in terms of public health, can cause preventable deaths.

Keywords:

Pandemic; Covid-19; Disinformation, Infodemic; Health.

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Freire, N., Cunha, I.C.K.O, Ximenes Neto, F. R. G., Machado, M.H, Minayo, M. C. S.. The infodemic transcends the pandemic. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Jul). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-infodemic-transcends-the-pandemic/18129?id=18129



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