Optimizing the Service Efficacy of Crowd Ratings in Curbing Fake News Dissemination on Social Media

Autor: Qian Liu, Yang Lyu, Jian Tang, Weiguo Fan

Publikováno v: International Journal of Crowd Science, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 110-121 (2024)

Curbing the dissemination of fake news in social media has been a major issue in recent years. Previous studies have suggested that the general public can recognize fake news, showing the feasibility of applying crowd ratings to identify fake news. H

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'Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada,' by Mayvis Rebeira and Eric Nauenberg: A commentary

Autor: Peter Berman

Publikováno v: Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, Vol 11, Iss 1Rebeira and Nauenberg’s paper presents an exploratory analysis of a challenging question which I paraphrase as: “Were the extraordinarily costly social responses to the COVID-19 pandemic economically justified?” They wade bravely into the always controversial topic of assessing whether what governments spend to achieve health gain – or in this case prevent its loss – are worth it, in economic terms. They apply well-known methods of modelling incremental cost-effectiveness analysis for value of life years gained, balancing that with comparisons to value of statistical life years measures used in different sectors. They encounter and detail many uncertainties in assembling the evidence on the effects and costs of social restrictions to prevent COVID-19 infection and spread, and the economic support programs used to buffer the negative effects of the pandemic. Their conclusion, perhaps not surprisingly, is for the United States – maybe – and for Canada, with more apparent success in epidemic control, perhaps a bit better. Perhaps the greater value of their paper is not its conclusions, but rather its posing of the questions. Here are some things it led me to ponder: (2023)

Rebeira and Nauenberg’s paper presents an exploratory analysis of a challenging question which I paraphrase as: “Were the extraordinarily costly social responses to the COVID-19 pandemic economically justified?” They wade bravely into the alway

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Consideration of Trade-offs Regarding COVID-19 Containment Measures in the United States: Implications for Canada

Autor: Mayvis Rebeira, Eric Nauenberg

Publikováno v: Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2023)

The economic stimulus package in the United States, which totalled US$2.48 trillion, was designed to soften the economic impact of sweeping containment measures including shelter-in-place orders that were put in place to control the COVID-19 pandemic

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