The Peru Approach against the COVID-19 Infodemic: Insights and Strategies.

Autor: Alvarez-Risco A; 1Carrera de Negocios Internacionales, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economicas, Universidad de Lima, Lima, Peru., Mejia CR; 2Universidad Continental, Lima, Peru., Delgado-Zegarra J; 3Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Recursos Humanos, Instituto de Consumo, Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru., Del-Aguila-Arcentales S; 4Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru.; 5Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante 'Almirante Miguel Grau,' Callao, Peru., Arce-Esquivel AA; 6Department of Health and Kinesiology, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas., Valladares-Garrido MJ; 2Universidad Continental, Lima, Peru., Rosas Del Portal M; 7Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú., Villegas LF; 8Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru., Curioso WH; 2Universidad Continental, Lima, Peru., Sekar MC; 9College of Pharmacy, University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio., Yáñez JA; 10Facultad de Educacion, Carrera de Educacion y Gestion del Aprendizaje, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru.; 11Gerencia Corporativa de Asuntos Científicos y Regulatorios, Teoma Global, Lima, Peru.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2020 Aug; Vol. 103 (2), pp. 583-586. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 04.
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0536
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE