{"id":18813,"date":"2020-05-14T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.institutosantosdumont.org.br\/?p=18813"},"modified":"2020-05-23T09:59:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T12:59:36","slug":"desinformacao-sobre-a-covid-19-se-espalha-traz-riscos-a-saude-e-rende-multa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/institutosantosdumont.org.br\/en\/desinformacao-sobre-a-covid-19-se-espalha-traz-riscos-a-saude-e-rende-multa\/","title":{"rendered":"Misinformation about Covid-19 spreads, poses health risks and carries a fine of up to R$ 25 thousand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Renata Moura<\/strong><\/p>

Journalist<\/p>

In a post at the beginning of May, the Facebook profile announces: \u201cLice medicine kills the coronavirus<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>

The text accompanies the video of a woman, who says \u201cI discovered that this medicine really kills the virus in 48 hours\u201d.<\/p>

The face in the recording lasting just over six minutes is partially covered. The woman wears a mask, holds the medicine box and speaks towards a cell phone camera.<\/p>

One of the bases of the argument is that \u201cthis coronavirus, this Covid-19<\/a>\u201d and \u2013 supposedly \u2013 was cured.<\/p>

She also says that the medicine was tested in Germany. In fact, it refers to a study released in early April, in Australia<\/a>, whose results indicate that Ivermectin \u2013 a substance used to treat head lice \u2013 inhibits the multiplication of SARS-CoV-2 (the new coronavirus), which causes Covid-19 disease.<\/p>

With tests carried outenas in vitro<\/em> \u2013 that is, with cells grown and infected in the laboratory \u2013 the researchers themselves note that possible benefits in humans still need to be investigated.<\/p>

Several reports published at the time and a video of a doctor shared on the same Facebook profile made this point. The doctor who addresses the subject has more than 4 million subscribers on YouTube and warns: \u201cyou shouldn't buy the medicine to take, especially because you don't know how it will behave in the body\u201d. The woman in the recording of just over six minutes, on the other hand, does not make any considerations. On the contrary. It encourages consumption.<\/p>

\u201cGuys, you who are poor (\u2026), you who are afraid to go out to work (\u2026) if you are afraid and know that there is a cure for R$ 10 that is within everyone\u2019s reach, the problem will be over\u201d, he says she, presenting herself as living proof that the drug works and stating that her mother's, aunts' and grandmother's generation did not take the substance to kill lice \u201cand obviously they are more prone to the virus\u201d. Dozens of network users shared the story. The origin and identity of the author of the video are not revealed.<\/p>

The case presents as truth a \u201ccure\u201d labeled as \u201cfake\u201d by the Ministry of Health. It is one in the midst of the flood that is spreading on social media spreading misinformation associated with Covid-19.<\/p>

The movement gains strength in a context that the World Health Organization (WHO) calls a huge Infodemic, an avalanche of information about the disease that has created fertile ground to confuse or deceive people not only in Brazil, but around the world.\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the arrow below the image to see information about it and find out how to protect yourself from this wave:<\/strong><\/p>

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