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    Coronavirus overload: five ways to fight misinformation and fear

    The science and advice on Covid-19 are changing rapidly. Here’s how to make good decisions
    by Graham Readfearn Mar 21, 2020 5 minutes
    ‘Few of us are epidemiologists, statisticians or healthcare experts, and fewer still are likely to have a good enough grasp on all the coronavirus information that’s out there.’ Photograph: Maksim Kabakou/Alamy

    How do we deal with new information about Covid-19 at a time when the science, the advice and the consequences of the pandemic are all changing rapidly?

    People are being bombarded with new information at a time of heightened stress and it’s playing damaging games with our decision making.

    So how do we decide what’s good information and what isn’t? What should we think about before we make a decision to share information on social media, go out and mix with others or make purchases at stores?

    “In some ways this is a perfect scenario for misinformation to thrive – it’s fast moving, it threatens everyone and there’s a lot of uncertainty,” says Dr Will Grant, of the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.

    “It’s not quite a wicked

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