主持人:Priscilla Ng and Tony Sabine
RTHK’s new podcast focusing on dispelling misinformation, disinformation and fake news.
Don't take for granted unverified claims and believe everything you see.
Each episode, we'll focus on a couple of viral posts that are making false claims and set the record straight.
A post is claiming that people are likely to experience seizures after getting vaccinated against measles. It’s been making the rounds on social media since mid-March, and being shared as a measles outbreak in the US worsens, reaching over 800 cases this week.
But why is it gaining any traction at all, and how much has the anti-vax message hampered efforts to stop the spread of measles, which had previously been eradicated?
Find out more in this edition of Fact Focus.
主持人:Priscilla Ng and Tony Sabine
HMPV is an old virus that's been circulating among humans for decades. And this winter, when cases began to spread on the mainland, so did a deluge of disinformation suggesting a new global pandemic was on the way.
Similarities were drawn with the onset of Covid-19 more than five years ago, with the fake news stoking anti-China sentiment. So what is HMPV and should we be concerned?
Find out more in this edition of Fact Focus.