Letters
Ebola crisis
Ebola, Twitter, and misinformation: a dangerous combination?
BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g6178 (Published 14 October 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g6178
- Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi, clinician1,
- Elia Gabarron, research psychologist2,
- Rolf Wynn, professor3
- 1Accident and Emergency Department, State Specialist Hospital, Akure, Nigeria
- 2Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- 3Department of Clinical Medicine, Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- femi_oyeyemi{at}yahoo.com
The recent Ebola outbreak in west Africa has affected countries deeply in need of foreign aid.1 People desperately need correct information on how to prevent and treat Ebola. Despite the poverty, the increasing spread of computers, tablets, and smartphones in the region creates an opportunity for the rapid dissemination of information through the internet and social media, but there is no guarantee that …