Going viral: doctors must tackle fake news in the covid-19 pandemic

Cathal O'Connor^{1

2}, Michelle Murphy^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork T12 X23H, Republic of Ireland.
² University College Cork.

Comment

Cathal O'Connor et al. BMJ. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 24:369:m1587.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1587.

Cathal O'Connor^{1

2}, Michelle Murphy^{1

2}

¹ Department of Dermatology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork T12 X23H, Republic of Ireland.
² University College Cork.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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