The authors found that comments by Trump drove major spikes in the 'miracle cures' topic, led by his April 24 press briefing where he mused on the possibility of using disinfectants inside the body to cure the coronavirus. — AFP
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has been the world’s biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University said on Oct 1.
A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by English-language, traditional media worldwide between Jan 1 and May 26 of this year.
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