The coronavirus pandemic has now inundated the whole world with rumors and fake news. COVID-19 launched a number of conspiracy theories, and Pandemic is one of the most common.
Furthermore, Pandemic is one of the videos about conspiracy theory and looks more like a 26-minute documentary. The video is published in May 2020 and this is a big explanation of why it is the most highly debated subject worldwide. This video shared much disinformation and false news about the coronavirus. This documentary was made by Elevate, a production company based in California, Mikki Willis. And it is also believed that a number of conspiracy videos had previously been produced by the same company.
This film, which should be released in the summer of 2020, was also stated by the documentary producers to be just a teaser. The video saddened Judy Mikovits, a retired scientific researcher. Mikovits was seen as an anti-vaccine protester in this video for speculation which she denies. In reality it was one of the most famous videos in the world, sponsored by some conspiracy theorists, and has also drawn millions of viewers to this site.
This makes it “one of the most famous bits of misinformation about coronavirus.” The video has been deleted from virtually every website, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Vimeo because the video is misleading to the general public and does not ethically promote disinformation.
The video was criticized for promoting misinformation and conspiracy theories by scientists and health professionals. Science magazine published an editorial that examines the video and details its mistakes.
In his essay, the doctor and comedian Zubin Damania wrote: “Don’t waste your time looking at it. Don’t waste time sharing. Do not waste your time. Don’t waste time thinking about it. Don’t waste your time. I can’t imagine that I wast my time. Nonetheless, I just want to avoid sending calls.
Tara Haelle, a science journalist, described the film as deception and stated that “for three reasons disinformation was highly successful”: (1) that it “taps into people’s incertidiness, insecurity and desire for answers,” (2) it “is very professionally designed and uses traditional techniques already associated with factual documentaries,” and (3) that it incorporates effectively different aspects of it. Willis said that a reasonable definition of the film was propaganda.
