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The UK government will pay YouTubers to combat the global spread of fake coronavirus advice — like how it can be cured by cow dung or garlic

A boy wearing two face masks records with his phone during a friendly football match for International Women's Day in Abuja, Nigeria.Influential vloggers on YouTube and Facebook are being paid to fight the spread of misinformation about the novel coronavirus.

The government department said quacks were peddling fake cures on social media, advising viewers to spread cow dung, sleep next to onions, and eat garlic to avoid the virus. Some of that funding will go to influencers charged with handing out accurate information and pointing younger viewers in Southeast Asia and Africa to official public health advice.

"These pose a serious risk to health and can speed up the spread of the virus, by stopping people taking simple practical, preventative steps like washing their hands," DFID said.

 

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Maybe get Youtube to stop demonetizing any video that mentions coronavirus first?

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