Stop spreading wrong information

AMAZING how some people love sharing an opinion or understanding of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) on social media platforms.
Do they really understand what they just shared?
Or just because someone said it, it must be shared.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all desperate for information.
And information can be a literal life-saver – when it’s true.
On the other hand, incorrect information doesn’t help anyone and can even make things worse.
And, like a virus, wrong information can spread, causing what’s been called an “infodemic”.
Today, we are seeing the spread of two forms of wrong information: misinformation and disinformation.
Misinformation is “false information that is spread, regardless of intent to mislead”.
The spread of misinformation happens often in our everyday lives.
We human beings are not perfect.
We make mistakes – we forget things and we mishear or misinterpret what we hear or see.
We tell someone something we heard on TV or saw on social media that wasn’t really true.
If you are spreading information that is wrong but you don’t know it is wrong, you are, technically, spreading misinformation.
For example, say a meeting starts at 9am, but you forget or misread the invitation and tell your friends it starts at 10am, you are supplying them with misinformation.
The key aspect here is that you innocently spread false information; you didn’t mean to or you might have thought the information was true.
Misinformation is simply a term for any kind of wrong or false information.
Sadly, misinformation spreads very easily thanks to technology and our people are being influenced. Disinformation is false information deliberately and often openly spread (as by the planting of rumours) in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth.

Medical Parasite