Combating Misinformation and Disinformation for COVID-19 and Future Public Health Threats

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

1:00PM-2:00 PM ET

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that accurate and timely health-related information is crucial to mounting an effective response to a public health crisis. Contradictory messaging, misinformation, and undermining of public health experts have reduced the trust in public health responders, increased belief in false medical cures, and politicized public health measures aimed at curbing transmission of the disease. As can be seen in setbacks during the COVID-19 response, health-related misinformation and disinformation can lead to more infections, deaths, disruption, and disorganization of the effort.

This session will evaluate the role misinformation has played in health emergencies and offer solutions to increase trust in future public health messaging.

Moderator:

·    Anita Cicero, JD, Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Speakers:

·    Tara Kirk Sell, PhD, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

·    Imran Ahmed, CEO, Center for Countering Digital Hate

·    Koustubh “K.J.” Bagchi, Senior Director, Federal Public Policy, Chamber of Progress

A Q&A session will follow the moderated panel.

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Registration: https://jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9FX41onoShqxv4X1vrpa4g

The non-partisan Steering Committee is sponsored and managed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and enjoys bipartisan leadership from Members of Congress in the House and Senate. The Committee holds monthly events focusing on lessons learned from responses to natural, man-made, and other complex public health emergencies, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, and explores ways to better mitigate and respond to future health crises.