COVID, vaccine misinformation spread by hundreds of websites, analysis finds

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Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center
We’re tracking the top myths about COVID-19 — and the more than 519 websites spreading them.

As COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, so does disinformation and misinformation about the disease. From false cures to conspiracy theories about the virus’ origin to misinformation about the vaccine, myths about COVID-19 can have dangerous and real-world consequences.

Follow the spread of this dangerous information with NewsGuard’s Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center.

On this page, NewsGuard’s team of journalists is tracking the top myths about COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine and cataloguing the number of websites spreading those myths.

As of our latest update, NewsGuard so far has identified 519 websites publishing misinformation about COVID-19 in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Italy. Researchers, platforms, advertisers, governmental bodies, and health institutions interested in licensing the list can contact us for licensing information.

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Websites on the list include publishers notorious for publishing false health content, political sites whose embrace of conspiracy theories extends well beyond politics, and new sites that were created specifically to spread misinformation about COVID-19.

Among the myths published by the websites are false claims that drinking bleach or colloidal silver will cure the virus, false claims that the COVID-19 vaccine will change patient’s DNA or implant a tracking microchip, and false claims that methods like masks and social distancing are ineffective in slowing the spread of the virus.

The COVID-19 Misinformation Tracking Center is a work in progress about a story that has new developments daily. If you have come across a false story about COVID-19, please report it here or contact us via our misinformation hotline.

For more information about NewsGuard’s approach to tracking coronavirus misinformation, read this piece on the topic from our lead health analyst, listen to this story on NPR, or watch this segment with the BBC. For reliable information on the COVID-19 virus, consult the websites of public health institutions such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventionand the World Health Organization.

Websites Identified Publishing False Coronavirus Information: 519
  • United States: 339
  • United Kingdom: 21
  • France: 59
  • Germany: 42
  • Italy: 41
  • Other: 17
 
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high quality parody.

The CDC no longer recommends worrying about your physical fitness level, eating a well-balanced diet, or taking vitamins as these are only important if you trust your immune system.





misterkel said:
https://babylonbee.com/news/immune-system-criticized-as-anti-science
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“Does a ‘complex network of cells, and proteins that defends the body against infection’ sound scientific to you? Didn’t think so,” said CDC spokesman Jonathan Growsky. “Science is doing what we say to do without question, not magically getting healthy while your body functions as designed. That's just superstitious nonsense”

Growsky continued, “How can we expect the human body to keep track of every microbe it’s ever killed, and know how to kill it again quickly if it ever returns? It is as nonsensical as it sounds.”

The CDC no longer recommends worrying about your physical fitness level, eating a well-balanced diet, or taking vitamins as these are only important if you trust your immune system.

The media quickly began promoting the CDC's new guidelines, calling the immune system a "far-right conspiracy theory" and "fringe anti-science treatment."
 
jem said:
high quality parody.

The CDC no longer recommends worrying about your physical fitness level, eating a well-balanced diet, or taking vitamins as these are only important if you trust your immune system..."
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I don't normally jump in on your responses jem unless I have a good reason to. But this one is a good reason to. Please do not post parody articles about the Covid here. We already have TreeFrogTrader doing this over and over and over again.

The problem with this is, so many folks who read these bits will not know that Babylon Bee is a parody site, and will spread this info to their connections as if it is gospel. It just catalyzes the issue to other platforms.

Let's all hold-off on the parody quotes until this shit blows over, and the people out there on their smartphones grow a brain and can think for themselves?

Kthanksbye.
 
fair enough... I will try to remember to hold off on parody.


Overnight said:
I don't normally jump in on your responses jem unless I have a good reason to. But this one is a good reason to. Please do not post parody articles about the Covid here. We already have TreeFrogTrader doing this over and over and over again.

The problem with this is, so many folks who read these bits will not know that Babylon Bee is a parody site, and will spread this info to their connections as if it is gospel. It just catalyzes the issue to other platforms.

Let's all hold-off on the parody quotes until this shit blows over, and the people out there on their smartphones grow a brain and can think for themselves?

Kthanksbye.
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