The added demand for testing and the higher prevalence of breakthrough cases have created an “opportune moment” to exploit.
...Misinformation about Covid-19 tests has spiked across social media in recent weeks, researchers say, as coronavirus cases have surged again worldwide because of the highly infectious Omicron variant.
The burst of misinformation threatens to further stymie public efforts to keep the health crisis under control. Previous spikes in pandemic-related falsehoods focused on the vaccines, masks and the severity of the virus. The falsehoods help undermine best practices for controlling the spread of the coronavirus, health experts say, noting that misinformation remains a key factor in vaccine hesitancy...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/technology/covid-test-misinformation.html?smid=em-share
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