A infodemia transcende a pandemia / The infodemic transcends the pandemic
Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.)
; 26(9): 4065-4068, set. 2021.
Article
in English, Portuguese
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| ID: biblio-1339580
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RESUMO
Resumo O artigo evidencia o avanço da ciência na interpretação de pandemias, em contraste com o fracasso de governos que politizaram a abordagem da emergência de saúde pública global decorrente da COVID-19. Trata-se de um estudo que apresenta uma reflexão sobre o processo de dissonância cognitiva causada pela infodemia e aborda a necessidade de aplicar a infodemiologia para mitigar os efeitos deletérios de notícias falsas que são fabricadas intencionalmente, com o objetivo de confundir, enganar, manipular e negar a realidade, sem, contudo, perder de vista que as raízes do problema são históricas, conjunturais, profundas e de difícil solução. O trabalho revela os impactos dessa situação para profissionais de saúde e expõe a linha tênue que existe entre a liberdade de expressão e o direito essencial à vida, levando à conclusão de que escolhas erradas, no que tange à saúde pública, podem causar mortes evitáveis.
ABSTRACT
Abstract This paper highlights the advance of science in interpreting pandemics, in contrast to the failure of governments that politicized the approach to the global public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This study reflects on cognitive dissonance caused by the infodemic. It addresses the need to apply infodemiology to mitigate the deleterious effects of fake news intentionally fabricated to confuse, mislead, manipulate, and deny the reality without losing sight of the fact that the roots of the problem are historical, circumstantial, profound, and challenging. This work reveals the impacts of this situation for health professionals and exposes the fine line between freedom of expression and the fundamental right to life, leading to the conclusion that wrong choices in public health can cause preventable deaths.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
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SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Health problem:
Goal 9: Noncommunicable diseases and mental health
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Target 3.4: Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
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COVID-19
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Pneumonia
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Other Respiratory Diseases
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Social Media
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.)
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/BR
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR