One of the biggest challenges in the fight against Covid 19, according to the WHO (World Health Organisation), is battling disinformation online and in social media. Stopping the spread of false news is seen as imperative in the actual fight against the spread of the virus itself.
No doubt we’ve all seen some of the false panic stories and theories in our own social media feeds.
There was also a line promulgated by some scammers of an immunity-boosting “miracle” mushroom from Japan.
Even though mushrooms have been touted as superfoods and as having immune boosting properties, there is zero chance that they can act against a viral disease such as this.
The word is, do not disseminate unsubstantiated theories, tweets or memes or the like.
