How the spread of COVID-19 misinformation is undermining trust in public health – CBC

96% of Canadians say they’ve seen false or misleading COVID-19 info online: StatsCan

Apr 28, 2021

Over the Easter weekend, photos began to surface on Facebook showing British Columbia’s provincial health officer unmasked at an airport.

Another photo appeared to show Dr. Bonnie Henry boarding a helicopter.

Commenters claimed the health official was flying to Victoria to visit family over the long weekend, violating her own guidelines on non-essential travel.

The problem? It wasn’t true.

B.C.’s Health Ministry confirmed to CBC News that weekend that Henry flew back to Victoria, where she lives, after delivering a COVID-19 briefing in Vancouver earlier that day.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-misinformation-trust-public-health-1.6001767

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