Maxima’s diary pt.2

We’ve now been quarantined for 3 weeks and everyone is getting used to the situation. People are reaching daily schedules to occupy themselves so the number of fines concerning the confinement rules are reducing. Meanwhile we are still facing a major issue which is fake news. Some people find pleasure in misinforming other, people mostly spread fake news on twitter and WhatsApp. During this crisis on social media several people proclame themselves doctors, scientist of analyst. Saying the corona virus was created in a laboratory to eradicate the wick part of the population. Others claiming they have special concoctions to cure the virus, and out of fear and desperation some people follow. We mostly thing fake news only comes from social media while even politicians contribute in distorting individuals, like Eric Zemmour who succeeded in making a link between the virus and Muslims saying in suburbs Africans are responsible of the virus spread. Trump is also a great example, he keeps misleading people by spreading fake information during the daily press conference, calling the virus the Chinese virus, he isn’t informed but pretends to be. We are now in a time where we are confronted to a flow of information we should be smart and thoughtful and learn how to dissociate what is true from what is false.