People who relied on TV news and social media were less knowledgeable about COVID-19 than other people during the early days of the pandemic.Says Dr.
Lennon:”This is worrying, as misinformation and misunderstanding about COVID-19 and how it spreads are likely to have fueled the pandemic, whose death toll now surpasses 2.5 million worldwide.”The study’s conclusions also have implications for future pandemics, which experts consider inevitable.The study appears in the peer-reviewed journal Current Medical Research & Opinion.In March 2020, the researchers developed a survey designed to capture respondents’ preferred news sources, as well as their knowledge of COVID-19.