Via The New York Times: The added demand for testing due to Omicron and the higher prevalence of breakthrough cases has given purveyors of misinformation an ‘opportune moment’ to exploit, said Kolina Koltai, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington‘s Center for an Informed Public who studies online conspiracy theories. The false narratives “support the whole idea of not trusting the infection numbers or trusting the death count,” she said in an interview with Davey Alba of The Times.
CIP researchers awarded UW Population Health Initiative pilot grant to study AI and health (mis)information
A team including CIP researchers was one of 14 to be awarded a Tier 1 pilot grant this fall from the UW Population Health Initiative.
