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Introduction Noting the emergence of COVID-19 conspiracy theories and acknowledging the role that official messages play in countering the spread of the virus, this article considers the extent to which conspiracies have undermined strategic narratives during the pandemic. Globally, coronavirus …
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1 IntroductionThe fifth-generation cellular network (5G) is endorsed by its support of high data rate communications for an increasing number of users. One solution to approach the key performance indicators of 5G is to adopt millimeter-waves (mm-waves) and install a massive number of base stations …
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Introduction QAnon has been described by the media and academics as a far-right extremist “big tent” conspiracy theory. Its name stems from its leader Q, who is believed to be a high-ranking government official with Q-Level security clearance, who posts information on a secret ongoing war between a …
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Introduction The COVID-19 public health crisis is arguably being driven as much by behavior as by germs. A recent Pew Research Center reported the effect of increasing polarization of attitudes toward the pandemic (Mitchell et al., 2020). Among the findings reported in the study, 38% of respondents …
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Introduction Toward the end of 2019, the WHO (1) Headquarters was informed about cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology identified in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province in China. Furthermore, the World Health Organization declared an international pandemic on March 11, 2020, after the new SARS-CoV-2 …
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Introduction The current COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented negative health, social, and economic impacts (1) and has led to, as of January 10, 2022, more than 300 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, with more than 5 million deaths resulting from the disease (2). In this context, timely …
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1. Introduction In December 2019, the world was shocked by the news on emergence of a cold-like disease in Wuhan, China, and the subsequent lockdown due to that. The World Health Organization published the first announcement about the virus, named as COVID-19, on January 5, 2020, and declared it a …
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Introduction Since the first reported cases of the new disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus at the end of the year 2019 rapidly grew into global pandemic, the spread of the disease was accompanied by a massive surge of conspiracy theories, that are known to arise in times of increased uncertainty, …
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Introduction COVID-19 disease, first diagnosed in China’s Hubei province in November 2019, has had a huge impact on people’s lives in recent years. The pandemic has brought many changes and restrictions to everyday life that have not been easy for us to get used to. At the same time information …
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Introduction While the SARS-CoV-2 virus—responsible for causing the COVID-19 disease—spreads aggressively and rapidly across the globe, many societies have also witnessed the spread of other seemingly viral phenomena such as fake news, conspiracy theories, and general mass suspicions about what is …
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