Battling coronavirus disinformation

The World

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, disinformation and misinformation has been spreading on social media — and consequently in real life. Host Marco Werman gets details from Kasisomayajula “Vish” Viswanath, professor of health communication at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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