No one thought that the mainstay of the false information related to COVID-19 was a well-known figure, US President Donald Trump.
According to a study conducted by Cornell University, at least 37.8% of the false information about the epidemic came from the government.
This puts Trump as the main cause of the conflict of ideas regarding the outbreak, especially involving the treatment and cure of coronavirus.
A study released yesterday outlined 11 topics related to false information by the president, covering several subtopics such as the conspiracy theory of the spread of COVID-19 is an effort by Democrats.
Not to forget Trump's allegation of using the anti-malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine as a "magic vaccine" despite being warned of the risk of side effects by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Unsurprisingly, Trump once issued a statement that an injection of disinfectant could cure COVID-19 infection within a minute.
Most recently, Trump promised 100 million vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus to be distributed in October. The allegation was questioned by a line of health experts including the World Health Organization (WHO).
This president's allegations are not ordinary! As you know, while the world is in the throes of a deadly epidemic, false information will only aggravate the already critical situation.
To date, the world is bearing more than 7 million active cases with 1,027,624 deaths.
