Identifying Disinformation on the Extended Impacts of COVID-19: Methodological Investigation Using a Fuzzy Ranking Ensemble of Natural Language Processing Models.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the continuous spread of misinformation on the internet posed an ongoing threat to public trust and understanding of epidemic prevention policies. Although the pandemic is now under control, information regarding the risks of long-term COVID-19 effects and reinfection still needs to be integrated into COVID-19 policies.

Authors

  • Jian-An Chen
    Department of Organ Transplantation, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282, China.
  • Wu-Chun Chung
    Department of Information and Computer Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
  • Che-Lun Hung
    Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan.
  • Chun-Ying Wu
    Division of Translational Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.