About this Episode:
Misinformation about the pandemic is like COVID-19 itself: highly contagious, destructive, and with no known treatment or vaccine. Misinformation, and its nefarious brother, disinformation, causes confusion and, in some cases, death. In this episode we consider how to separate truth from lies and stop the spread of bad information.
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Guests
Cailin O’Connor, PhD
Associate Professor of Logic & Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine
Gary Schwitzer
Publisher & Founder of HealthNewsReview.org, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Sarah Gollust, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Tim Caulfield, LLB, LLM
Professor of Health Law & Policy, University of Alberta
Emily Vraga, PhD
Associate Professor in Health Communication | UMN School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Brian Southwell, PhD
Director, Science in the Public Sphere, RTI International
John Finnegan
Dean and Professor at University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Michael Joyce
Producer and Host of ‘Health In All Matters’ Podcast
Image in Ep. 8 podcast artwork: “Misinformation”, by 3dpete, licensed under CC BY 2.0
