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The coronavirus rumor mill

Recode Daily

Recode

Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Can we stop the spread of coronavirus misinformation on social media? FEATURING Eater's Matthew Kang @mattatouille The Verge's Russell Brandom @russellbrandom LINKS Coronavirus Scare Rips Through LA’s Koreatown Amid False Social Media Rumors Trump’s reckless coronavirus statements put the entire US at risk Host: Allegra Frank @legsfrank About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Questions about the coronavirus are unavoidable right now.

0:10.0

When is it coming to our city? now.

0:13.0

When is it coming to our city?

0:14.0

When will there be a vaccine?

0:16.0

Are we all going to be quarantine just in case?

0:19.0

The scariest question of them all might be.

0:22.0

How do we know it's true?

0:24.0

Wearing the mask to prevent getting the virus to me doesn't make a lot of sense.

0:28.0

And when I cough, I'm putting, like I'm dabbing here.

0:31.0

We need to be vigilant about washing our hands. There were actually a few

0:33.2

coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody. And I think that we may see a

0:37.2

change in culture where we stopped shaking hands. This was a construct of the

0:40.9

liberal media elite. This is going to go away in April.

0:43.8

If you drink hot water because the virus doesn't survive in heat.

0:46.6

According to Q and on posts online, just drink a little bleach.

0:50.3

The major news organization has been taken out of context and this information has been spread by actors.

0:57.0

Not everything we hear about coronavirus tells the real story and social media are our Facebook feeds, Twitter timelines, and

1:04.7

what-sap group chats is part of the problem. These platforms do have some

1:10.1

safeguards against fake political news.

1:13.0

But for a global health crisis like the coronavirus,

1:16.0

the online rumor mail might be harder to stop.

1:19.0

Today, how fake news about a health epidemic can spread on social media quickly

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