What do the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombing, the 2013 Ebola outbreak, and the COVID-19 pandemic have in common?

Undoubtably, as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, spread across the world, information shared on social media spread with it. This type of “infodemic,” or overabundance of information, commonly occurs during an epidemic and spreads between humans via various information systems.1
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research