Open AccessO impacto das fake news em tempos de pandemia da COVID-19 - uma investigação das informações disseminadas através das mídias sociais sobre o uso de plantas medicinais
Author(s) -
Welliton Carneiro da Silva,
Cleiton Policarpo Martins da Silva,
Guilherme Gaia Vampre,
Noah Maltempi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista agrária acadêmica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2595-3125
DOI - 10.32406/v4n2/2021/29-42/agrariacad
Subject(s) - covid-19 , fake news , humanities , philosophy , political science , sociology , medicine , media studies , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , disease , outbreak
The present article deals with the dissemination of fake news about the use of medicinal plants "capable" of curing and treating the symptoms of COVID-19. Through research on websites, six fake news related to supposed cures, published between 2020 and 2021, were selected, with subsequent textual analysis of each one, whose objective was to distinguish the true facts from the false ones. The results of the research indicate that according to the scientific literature, six of the nine plants used for treatment have active ingredients that are toxic if consumed exaggeratedly. It is concluded that medicinal plants should be used only as a vitamin supplement, capable of helping to strengthen the immune system.