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Misinformation About COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey
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misinformation coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 significant threat global public health inadvertently exacerbate public health challenges promoting spread disease study used convenience sampling technique examine factors associated misinformation covid19 subsaharan africa using online crosssectional survey link online selfadministered questionnaire distributed 1969 participants social media platforms authors email networks four false statementsinformed results pilot studywere included survey participants responses classified agree neutral disagree multinomial logistic regression used examine associated factors among responded survey 193 believed covid19 designed reduce world population 222 thought ability hold breath 10 seconds meant covid19 278 believed drinking hot water flushes virus 139 thought covid19 little effect blacks compared whites average 337 unsure whether 4 false statements true multivariate analysis revealed thought covid19 unlikely continue countries reported higher odds believing 4 false statements significant factors associated belief misinformation age older adults employment status unemployed gender female education bachelors degree knowledge main clinical symptoms covid19 strategies reduce spread false information covid19 future pandemics target subpopulations especially limited education also enhance compliance public health measures reduce spread outbreaks