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COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information findings

The sample of tweets obtained in this study contained twice as many tweets containing false information, indicated that there is a larger proportion of misinformation on Twitter than factual information
While false information may be tweeted more frequently, they do not get retweeted as much as tweets containing true information
Within the population of tweets containing true information, tweets that also had scientific evidence and fact-checking purposes were more likely to be retweeted than tweets in any other of the 7 categories
Could be explained with the fact that the scientific community is more likely going to respond and post scientific information to debunk false information being spread on social media