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I am back at it with my thoughts on how the media covers disease outbreaks.

Sources

Understanding H1N1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3074714/

Coverage of Ebola https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300452/

Media effects on students https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320361/

Bullies attack Asian American teen https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-bullies-attack-asian-teen-los-angeles-accusing-him-of-having-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR0PsZC8cljItu53MBpJo7JxGGgBgVF8kCM6yhmq5UiY1WqiBscPzHzPLcM

Media Messages https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/1/16-0589_article

SARS facts https://www.cdc.gov/sars/about/fs-sars.html

SARS Timeline https://www.cdc.gov/about/history/sars/timeline.htm

Which is the real pandemic https://www.euronews.com/2020/02/05/which-is-the-real-pandemic-coronavirus-or-the-hysteria-that-follows-euronews-reality-check

Social media infodemic https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615184/the-coronavirus-is-the-first-true-social-media-infodemic/

Understanding Ebola https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5022139/

SARS killed hundreds https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-18/sars-coronavirus-china-epidemic

The H1N1 pandemic https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1116

Outbreaks breed hysteria https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/why-outbreaks-breed-hysteria/381898/

COVID-19 advice https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

COVID-2019 Situation Reports https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/

Ebola Virus https://www.who.int/health-topics/ebola/#tab=tab_1

SARS Cases https://www.who.int/csr/sars/country/table2004_04_21/en/

Role of media https://www.longdom.org/open-access/role-of-media-in-portraying-ebola-in-and-outside-africa-2329-891X-1000152.pdf

SARS Lessons https://niemanreports.org/articles/lessons-from-sars-coverage/