Women indicate more increase in anxiety when sharing misinformation than men.


Covid-19 Misinformation Sharing Anxiety and Sex


Racial minorities of the United States tend to be more susceptible to greater increase in anxiety than white individuals.

Covid-19 Misinformation Sharing Anxiety and Race


People who had higher levels of education tend to have less anxiety sharing misinformation than others.  


Covid-19 Misinformation Sharing Anxiety and Education Level


With increase in an individual's anxiety level, one may become more susceptible to believing and sharing other misinformation, thereby creating a concerning cycle. 


Implication of Covid-19 Misinformation Sharing Induced Anxiety


Whenever an individual shares misinformation, their anxiety level increases. 


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While accurate data visualization is helpful, inaccurate or misleading visualizations of data related to Covid 19 can lead to people having misconceptions regarding the virus. 

Covid 19 Misinformation Visualization

Verma, G., Bhardwaj, A., Aledavood, T. et al. Examining the impact of sharing COVID-19 misinformation online on mental health. Sci Rep 12, 8045 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11488-y

Examining the impact of sharing COVID-19 misinformation online on mental health

Visualization of Covid 19 misinformation can occur commonly when:

data is represented partially 

Scale of the graph is manipulated

When the data is taken out of context 


Types of Covid 19 Misinformation Visualization


Not all types of Covid 19 misinformation possess the same amount of support. Those misinformation that are related to health and medicine tend to have lesser support than other conspiracies and misinformation overall.  


Covid 19 Misinformation Support

Partisan Conspiracies

Non-partisan conspiracies 

Health misinformation

Disinfectant as cure or prevention

Types of Covid 19 Misinformation 


Believing in misinformation about the pandemic can correlate with people's actions and beliefs in other aspects of their lives

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