The danger now is not in Corona's disease, but rather the most dangerous is the spread of rumors and lies about this disease, these rumors are causing the spread of fear, anxiety and fear in a double way, and without them the virus would not have received all this attention, and its name would not be repeated every second and minutes dozens of times .
Certainly, this does not reduce the severity of the disease, nor the speed of its spread, we all know its seriousness, and all countries of the world agree on that, but prevention is not difficult, and eliminating it is not impossible, it is a matter of time that may not exceed a few months until effective treatment appears to it, or The summer season, which in turn, is considered an environment that is not suitable for the life of the virus, will significantly reduce the chances of it spreading.
But the rumors and fabricated and false news are endless, and will continue to be strong, because the incubating environment, which is social media, continues to grow, expand and spread, and inevitably you will find a new emerging issue other than the new Corona virus, to resume broadcasting and spread!
Official authorities have begun to suffer severely from the influence of communication, which is very negative, in disseminating false and inaccurate information, so news of negation has become almost daily, and clarification data are endless, what distracts these efforts in the basic matters that must focus on them, is it not better for example Health agencies should work in a focused and intensive way to secure and protect community members, follow the virus moment by moment, and intensify precautionary and preventive measures instead of running them and wasting their time in denying wrong information, a fabricated video, or a forged image that people circulated via social media, and caused broadcast Fear and terror in To a community ?!
Combating rumors and reassurance has become a necessary task, but rather an integral part of the task of combating the virus, and the best way to combat rumors is to anticipate them with the correct confirmed information, it is true that this requires an additional double effort, but it is a step that is necessary.
Last week, the Minister of Health and Community Protection appeared in two press conferences, one of them with the participation of the Minister of Education, who spoke with total transparency about every small and large issue related to this disease, and the effect was very positive in society, they explained the facts transparently, and their words and information were very reassuring, and closed The door to many lies and gossip that was in circulation before their appearance, they spent it on the pretext, evidence and numbers.
It is a more than a wonderful step, therefore we need to go in the same direction. Today, we are facing a real crisis, a crisis of rumors before the crisis of disease, and in crises the media paths change, they need proactive efforts and a record speed that precedes the speed of spreading the wrong information, and therefore today we need to Daily briefing, even for a quarter of an hour, to give the latest local and international developments, clarify every ambiguity, respond to every wrong information spread, and most importantly give correct, proactive information, eliminate every opportunity for forgery or modification, just as military speakers do in wars, so today we are in A real war against Corona m Hand, and the means of social communication, which broadcasts fear, anxiety, and lying second hand!
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