Rumor epidemic: infodemia

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Since the start of the coronavirus health crisis, information has swarmed on the social networks iStock / Kubkoo

By: Igor Strauss | Caroline Paré Follow

Since the beginning of the coronavirus health crisis, rumors, conspiracy theories, announcements of miraculous remedies and false information concerning the infectious disease abound on social networks, and are relayed to the summit of certain states.

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How to explain such a frenzy of false information? What are they revealing? How to fight against these fake news?

  • Pr Jean-Noël Fabiani , cardiovascular surgeon at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris , and professor at Paris-Descartes University. Published: "The surgeon and the marabout", editions Plon.
  • Dr Anne-Marie Moulin , doctor and philosopher, specialist in tropical diseases, emeritus research director at CNRS .
  • Pr Pierre-Marie Girard , infectious disease specialist at Saint-Antoine Hospital in Paris , director of the Institut Pasteur  network
  • Igor Strauss, journalist at RFI

At the end of the broadcast, we find the anti-sedentary physical activity session with Dr Jean-Marc Sène , sports doctor and doctor of the French judo team.

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