"We find a clear link between believing coronavirus conspiracies and hesitancy around any future vaccine,” said Dr Sander van der Linden, co-author and Director of the Cambridge (https://www.sdmlab.psychol.cam.ac.uk) Social Decision-Making Lab. From a communications perspective, this is now the biggest obstacle facing governments, the World Health Organization and anybody involved in the healthcare of citizens, employees or communities. COVID-19 is moving from a medical pandemic to an infodemic.
The Social Decision-Making Lab launched a project with the UK Cabinet Office: Go Viral! (https://www.goviralgame.com/en) , a short online game that helps 'inoculate' players against fake news (https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/goviral) by lifting the lid on common misinformation techniques.
I took the test and returned a score of 23,261 which put me in the top 24% on the gullibility ratings. Check out the COVID-19 Mythbusting test for yourself for free here. (https://www.goviralgame.com/en/share)
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