COVID-19: A guide to good practice on keeping people well informed
Because of this, the primary objectives in fighting the outbreak are to contain the virus and help the infected to get well again. In this context, health literacy is a valuable tool because it can affect Health literacy is the degree to which people can get, understand and use basic health information to make decisions about health issues.
A health literate society is one with a population that will be aware of the severity of the situation and is able to understand how to protect themselves, and others, through basic actions. In the case of this new virus, this includes physical distancing and washing hands. It’s also a society in which the systems and services in place can ensure clear, timely and appropriate communication.
Coronavirus: 5 ways to manage your news consumption in times of crisis :
Thousands of employees internationally are already working from home in COVID-19 self-isolation because of their recent travel, related symptoms or immune system vulnerability.
But to do so while habitually checking the news on devices - and allowing 24/7 news channels to play non-stop in the background - might erode your productivity and increase stress and anxiety.
A foundational element of in the digital era is striking an appropriate balance between news consumption and other activities. Even before the current crises, research demonstrated news avoidance had risen among news consumers from 57% in 2017 to 62% in 2019, driven by a sense of news fatigue.
Self-help expert Rolf Dobelli implores us toWhile he advocates going cold turkey and abandoning all packaged news consumption, Dobelli makes exceptions for long-form journalism and documentaries
How to spot coronavirus fake news – An Expert Guide :
The proliferation of fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic has been labelled a dangerous “infodemic”. Fake news spreads faster and more easily today through the internet, social media and instant messaging. These messages may contain useless, incorrect or even harmful information and advice, which can hamper the public health response and add to social disorder and division.
Confusingly some fake news also contains a mixture of correct information, which makes it difficult to spot what is true and accurate. Fake news may also be shared by trusted friends and family, including those who are doctors and nurses. They might not have read the full story before sharing or just glanced over it. Before you decide to share, make sure to read stories properly and follow some checks to determine the accuracy.
There is no evidence that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory:
have seriously suggested that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus at the heart of the epidemic could have been produced in the (BL4) in China’s Wuhan region, the epicentre of the epidemic.
These theories have gone viral, to the point that show that 23% of Americans and 17% French believe that the new coronavirus was made intentionally in a laboratory.
The wave of conspiracy theories surrounding the Covid-19 epidemic has also been spurred on by a few governments waging a veritable information war by politicizing the epidemic. In a speech on March 11, 2020, US president Donald Trump called Covid-19 the “Chinese virus”. In response, a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted on an article allegedly demonstrating that SARS-CoV-2 was already present in 2019 in the United States and was brought to China by American soldiers.
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