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Medical Media Literacy: COVID-19

The provided Lib Guide is designed to raise awareness about medical fact checking, especially about false medical advice in Messengers, by providing ordinary people with a basic introduction of the available fact checking resources on the Internet.

COVID-19

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Key Takeaways:

  • COVID-19 needs a separate page because medical misinformation about COVID-19 is a public health issue.

  • There are hidden death-related incidents due to medical chaos. 

  • Evidence & Reliable Source are what we need, not personal stories!

These resources give you a starting point when fact-checking Coronavirus news. Due to rapid flow of news everyday, it gets overwhelming. You may need to check the resource again, because new information may be added.

Play the Game!

Play Go Viral! 

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Newsletter

Subscribe to Medscape!

They will update you by email newsletters whenever there are changes in the world of medicine.

Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center

They got your back!

NewsGuard guards you from the misleading information.

New Kazakhstani Initiative

MedSupportKz is an initiative of the medical volunteers. 

A charity organization where researchers and medical doctors read English-written articles and translate them into Russian- and Kazakh-speaking population.

YouTube

Not fan of reading?

No problem! YouTube Channel Science Insider has already read articles for you and animated them.

EXTRA: Coronavirus Fact-Checking Resources

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