President Trump was likely largest driver of COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic” per Cornell University study

allnurses Guide · Oct 21, 2020

8 minutes ago, Matthew Prazak said:

Too much baloney. No. It seemed more like a string of assumptions.

Nope. Had enough of Trumper gaslighting.

We have seen it all with our own eyes Sir and we live his lack of Covid planning and response every. single. day. No assumptions here. Facts. Not "alternative facts". Plain, straight up, people-are-dying FACTS. Don't believe me? Come hang out for just 15 minutes in my ER.

Plain, straight up, he loses his mind on Twitter most every night, saw it with our own eyes FACTS.

Refusing to disavow QAnon and refusal to denounce white supremacists FACTS.

Federal deficit is 17.9% of GDP—nearly double what it was at its previous peak during the Great Recession. FACTS.

Being investigated for his taxes, his businesses, his supposed charity, his election campaign finances FACTS.

No Sir. There are zero assumptions and we are not imagining things. Perhaps you are.

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toomuchbaloney · Oct 22, 2020

9 hours ago, Matthew Prazak said:

Too much baloney. No. It seemed more like a string of assumptions.

LOL

Gas lighting doesn't work here.

Matthew Prazak · Oct 22, 2020

Bout time to let this one drop. Even the little jokes aren't funny now. Best wishes everyone.

allnurses Guide · Oct 22, 2020

34 minutes ago, Matthew Prazak said:

Bout time to let this one drop. Even the little jokes aren't funny now. Best wishes everyone.

A large swatch of our population finds nothing funny at all about Donald Trump. I also didn't see where there was any joking going on. But then Donald Trump likes to say he was only kidding when he makes extraordinary claims that he is then called out on.

I am unsure why you came here in the first place to be honest.

Matthew Prazak · Oct 22, 2020

Why did I come here? Because allnurses is a diverse, supportive, polite, platform that supports accepts and has room for all its members. That's why I came here

toomuchbaloney · Oct 22, 2020

56 minutes ago, Matthew Prazak said:

Why did I come here? Because allnurses is a diverse, supportive, polite, platform that supports accepts and has room for all its members. That's why I came here

But the members are resistant to propaganda and misinformation. There is little acceptance or support for nonsense passed off as relevant and/or factual discussion.

allnurses Guide · Oct 22, 2020

1 hour ago, Matthew Prazak said:

Why did I come here? Because allnurses is a diverse, supportive, polite, platform that supports accepts and has room for all its members. That's why I came here

For peers and polite, sensible visitors sure. But for rabble-rousers, conspiracy theorists and abusive, gaslighting accusers? Nope. Not so much.

Matthew Prazak · Oct 22, 2020

Nurse SMS

To our knowledge, this study is the first to attempt a fully comprehensive analysis of media-generated misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I find this kind of amusing. It is actually a study on how often the “media” reports misinformation and disinformation. Doesn’t identify any other actor except the President of the United States. Suspicious. Also funded by an entity that I can’t say is free of bias. Is what it is though. Someone paid for it, someone did the work and it deserves to be published. I don’t see that the study was well done. One of the things that frustrated me was a lack of statistical analysis. Unfortunately this kind of study won’t allow for the depth of analysis that straight scientific work would. Still I think there could have been a little more robust proof offered.

As for the rest of the comments. What makes your lack of civility any different from the President’s? I think this is a fair question. You seem to waver between projection and justifying your lack of civility. Neither are helpful to the conversation.

And a final anecdotal comment. When I see people I see a lot of fear of COVID. It is kind of sad. Almost universally I have heard…….well I saw on TV……I read on the internet. At least it is nice to be in a position to give good information and excellent care.

Again, best wishes to you. I am genuinely sorry you are such an angry person. Hope that improves at some point.

MunoRN, RN · Oct 22, 2020

54 minutes ago, Matthew Prazak said:

Nurse SMS

To our knowledge, this study is the first to attempt a fully comprehensive analysis of media-generated misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I find this kind of amusing. It is actually a study on how often the “media” reports misinformation and disinformation. Doesn’t identify any other actor except the President of the United States. Suspicious. Also funded by an entity that I can’t say is free of bias. Is what it is though. Someone paid for it, someone did the work and it deserves to be published. I don’t see that the study was well done. One of the things that frustrated me was a lack of statistical analysis. Unfortunately this kind of study won’t allow for the depth of analysis that straight scientific work would. Still I think there could have been a little more robust proof offered.

As for the rest of the comments. What makes your lack of civility any different from the President’s? I think this is a fair question. You seem to waver between projection and justifying your lack of civility. Neither are helpful to the conversation.

And a final anecdotal comment. When I see people I see a lot of fear of COVID. It is kind of sad. Almost universally I have heard…….well I saw on TV……I read on the internet. At least it is nice to be in a position to give good information and excellent care.

Again, best wishes to you. I am genuinely sorry you are such an angry person. Hope that improves at some point.

That seems to be a drawn out way of saying you don't like it's conclusions so therefore it's not a good study, without giving any specifics on why you think it's incorrect.

Different topics lend themselves to varying degrees of measurability. Measuring disinformation and identifying it's precipitating factors are certainly difficult to measure as pure data, but this study appears to do as good of a job of it as is possible.

The study doesn't actually say that Trump is the only source of misinformation, it's whole premise is actually that there are numerous sources of disinformation. What it does show is that increases in the prevalence of this disinformation is frequently preceded by Trump stating misinformation, ie he's the main driver of these misinformation claims.

I'm not sure what you mean by "When I see people I see a lot of fear of COVID. It is kind of sad." By the data that Trump himself says is valid, a lack of fear of COVID, resulting in no mitigation measures, would result in 2 million dead Americans, seems like fear of something that would kill that many Americans is not only valid, but a healthy survival instinct.

macawake, MSN · Oct 22, 2020

50 minutes ago, Matthew Prazak said:

Again, best wishes to you. I am genuinely sorry you are such an angry person. Hope that improves at some point.

Hmmm.. This reminds me of when you a few posts back told me: with all respect, none of your business. Saying or typing ”with all respect”, doesn’t change the message which was ”none of your business”.

Your well-wishings have a slight mala fide vibe. You do not know NurseSMS well enough to declare that she’s ”an angry person”. And it’s neither a kind nor a polite thing to say. One last thing. I wouldn’t blame a nurse in 2020 who lists intensive care as her specialty if they were angry. Chances are that they have darn well earned that right.

Subee2, BSN, MSN, CRNA · Oct 23, 2020

On 10/20/2020 at 2:12 PM, Matthew Prazak said:

Silly to blame one man for the effects of a virus the Chinese unleashed on the world and lied about initially.

Anyhow, with COVID, there is so much BS going on. You probably didn't notice as you are consuming what appears to be news from the lamestream media. Deaths per million, total tests, infections per million. All those aren't far off from other developed countries. I mean there is a lot going on in the world of COVID that doesn't make the lamestream media because it will not sell advertising. Those guys are about revenue and viewership. Facts take a backseat to that.

And with all respect, none of your business what I do.

Insert theme song from The Twilight Zone here.

President Trump was likely largest driver of COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic” per Cornell University study

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