REFLECTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 "INFODEMIC"
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https://doi.org/10.5935/1415.2762.20210008Keywords:
Infecções por Coronavírus, Disseminação de Informação, Pessoal de Saúde, Saúde Mental, Serviços de Saúde, Enfermagem em Saúde PúblicaAbstract
This study aims to reflect on the negative impacts that the unbridled dissemination of news about
COVID-19 can bring to health and to society. Thus, there is a need for actions and interventions
that prevent or minimize these impacts and that sensitize the population about the correct
handling of information, in order to reduce the harmful repercussions of the infodemic regarding
this new disease. It is a reflective analysis of the consequences that "infodemic" can cause to health
and society, due to the unbridled dissemination of news related to COVID-19. In this context, it is
emphasized that it was possible to perceive that the "infodemic", that is, the excess of information,
whether accurate or not, about COVID-19 brings innumerable harmful impacts on the mental
health of the population and health professionals, as well as for health services and society. This
fact demonstrates the need to conduct research and educational actions that provide a reduction in
the harmful effects caused by this phenomenon.
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