TY - JOUR
T1 - The Peru Approach against the COVID-19 Infodemic: Insights and Strategies
AU - Alvarez-Risco, Aldo
AU - Mejia, Christian R.
AU - Delgado-Zegarra, Jaime
AU - Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla
AU - Arce-Esquivel, Arturo A.
AU - Valladares-Garrido, Mario J.
AU - Rosas del Portal, Mauricio
AU - Villegas, León F.
AU - Curioso, Walter H.
AU - Sekar, M. Chandra
AU - Yáñez, Jaime A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12724/11379
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/2d2ffdb1-8e64-339f-a4a7-437592184b14/
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536
M3 - Artículo de revisión
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 103
SP - 583
EP - 586
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -