Uppsala Reports Long Reads – Into the infodemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, so did waves of
viral misinformation. For pharmacovigilance manager Marco
Tuccori, fighting the “infodemic” is a massive, but necessary,
battle.

This episode is part of the Uppsala Reports Long Reads series –
the most topical stories from UMC’s pharmacovigilance magazine,
brought to you in audio format. Find the original article
here.

After the read, Marco tells us how the pandemic has affected his
work at the University Hospital of Pisa, Italy – and what are the
most pressing challenges in pharmacovigilance communication
today.

Tune in to find out:


What consequences the infodemic had on the use of medicines

How the pharmacovigilance community has fought the infodemic
so far

Why empathy can be a powerful tool to counteract
misinformation



Want to know more?
Marco Tuccori’s piece in Uppsala Reports was inspired
by an article that he and his colleagues wrote for Drug Safety,
on the impact of the infodemic on drug-utilisation
behaviours. 

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