Death statistics exaggeration 

Political conspiracies


Covid 19 Misinformation Type: Partisan Conspiracies


The virus as disguise (to cover-up other conspiracies)

Conspiracies regarding the origin of the virus

The virus as bioweapon

Vaccine conspiracies/misinformation

Covid 19 Misinformation Type: Non-partisan Conspiracies 


Misinformation about cure

Misinformation about transmission

Misinformation about prevention


Covid 19 Misinformation Type: Health Misinformation


Different from other misinformation due to its low support and perceived validity. 


Covid 19 Misinformation Type: Disinfectant as Cure or Prevention


Those who are doubtful about scientists are most prone to subscribe to misinformation and conspiracies in health misinformation and misinformation about the disinfectant. 


Scientific Beliefs and Supporting Types of Misinformation


Those who are supporters of Donald Trump are most prone to subscribe to partisan conspiracies. They are also likely to subscribe to health misinformation to a lesser degree. 


Political Stand and Supporting Types of Misinformation


Partisan Conspiracies

Non-partisan conspiracies 

Health misinformation

Disinfectant as cure or prevention

New York University

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

Enders, A. M., Uscinski, J. E., Klofstad, C., Stoler, J. (2020). The different forms of COVID-19 misinformation and their consequences. The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review, 1(8).

The different forms of COVID-19 misinformation and their consequences

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

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

Covid 19 Misinformation Correlation

Whenever an individual shares misinformation, their anxiety level increases. 


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