A Deadly Infodemic: Social Media and the Power of COVID-19 Misinformation

Michael A Gisondi   ¹ , MD ;   Rachel Barber   ² ;   Jemery Samuel Faust   ³ , MS, MD ;   Ali Raja   ⁴ , MBA, MD ;   Matthew C Strehlow   ⁵ , MD ;   Lauren M Westafer   ⁶ , DO ;   Michael Gottlieb   ⁷ , MD

¹ The Precision Education and Assessment Research Lab, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States

² Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Stanford Emergency Medicine International, Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worchester, MA, United States

⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States