Redigerer Desinformasjon om Covid-19 (avsnitt)

=== Munnbind ===
Myndigheter, spesielt i Asia, anbefalte tidlig bruk av munnbind på offentlige steder. I andre deler av verden gav myndighetene motstridende uttalelser.<ref name="cnn-amhb">{{cite web|authors=Griffiths J|title=Asia may have been right about coronavirus and face masks, and the rest of the world is coming around|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/01/asia/coronavirus-mask-messaging-intl-hnk/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=2. april 2020}}</ref> Flere lands regjeringer og institutter, blant annet i Norge og USA, avviste tidlig i pandemien generell bruk av munnbind i befolkningen, ofte med villedende eller ufullstendig informasjon om deres effektivitet.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.nrk.no/livsstil/fhi_-munnbind-gir-falsk-trygghet-1.14902854|tittel=FHI: Munnbind gir falsk trygghet|besøksdato=2022-08-17|dato=2020-02-17|fornavn=Karina Kaupang|etternavn=Jørgensen|språk=nb-NO|verk=NRK}}</ref><ref name="thenational.scot">{{cite web|authors=Watterson A|title=Through all the misinformation, what is the truth of wearing face masks?|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18385472.misinformation-truth-wearing-face-masks/|website=The National|date=17. april 2020}}</ref><ref name="vanityfair.com">{{cite web|authors=Frank TA|title="I Was Looking at Them in the Wrong Way": Mask Misinformation and the Failure of the Elites|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/mask-misinformation-and-the-failure-of-the-elites|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=8. april 2020}}</ref><ref name="npr-wta">{{cite web|authors=Huo J|title=Why There Are So Many Different Guidelines For Face Masks For The Public|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/10/829890635/why-there-so-many-different-guidelines-for-face-masks-for-the-public|publisher=NPR|date=10. april 2020}}</ref> Kommentatorer har pekt på at meldingene om å unngå utstrakt bruk av munnbind var et forsøk på å håndtere munnbindmangelen forårsaket av innledende passivitet, og bemerket at påstandene gikk utover vitenskapen, eller var bare løgner.<ref name="npr-wta" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Coronavirus: Abrupt reversals on face mask policy raise new questions|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200405-coronavirus-abrupt-reversal-on-mask-policy-in-france-and-the-us-raises-new-questions|publisher=France 24|date=5. april 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|authors=Walther M|title=The noble lie about masks and coronavirus should never have been told|url=https://theweek.com/articles/906647/noble-lie-about-masks-coronavirus-should-never-have-been-told|website=The Week|date=4. april 2020}}</ref><ref name="Tufekci">{{cite web|authors=Tufekci Z|title=Why Telling People They Don't Need Masks Backfired|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html|website=The New York Times|date=17. mars 2020|url-access=limited}}</ref> [[Anthony Fauci]] (nøkkelperson i [[White House Coronavirus Task Force|Det hvite hus' arbeidsgruppe mot Coronavirus)]] bekreftet i juni 2020 at den amerikanske befolkningen ble fortalt ikke å bruke munnbind på grunn av munnbindmangel. Han fortsatte med å forklare at munnbind faktisk virker.<ref>{{cite web|vauthors=Jankowicz M|title=Fauci said US government held off promoting face masks because it knew shortages were so bad that even doctors couldn't get enough|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-mask-advice-was-because-doctors-shortages-from-the-start-2020-6|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=15. juni 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916113134/https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-mask-advice-was-because-doctors-shortages-from-the-start-2020-6|archive-date=16. september 2020|publisher=Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|vauthors=Ross K|title=Dr. Fauci Explains Why Public Wasn't Told to Wear Masks When COVID-19 Pandemic Began|url=https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-directive-coronavirus|website=TheStreet|publication-date=2020-06-12|publisher=The Street}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|vauthors=Kelley A|title=Fauci: why the public wasn't told to wear masks when the coronavirus pandemic began|url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/502890-fauci-why-the-public-wasnt-told-to-wear-masks|website=|date=2020-06-16|publisher=The Hill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|vauthors=McArdle M|title=Fauci Confirms Public-Health Experts Downplayed Efficacy of Masks to Ensure They Would Be Available to Health-care Workers|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fauci-confirms-public-health-experts-downplayed-efficacy-of-masks-to-ensure-they-would-be-available-to-healthcare-workers/|website=|date=2020-06-16|publisher=National Review}}</ref>

Det er spredt falske påstander om at bruk av munnbind forårsaker uheldige helserelaterte problemer som lavt oksygennivå i blodet<ref name="cbc-ox">{{cite web|authors=Bessonov, A.|title=Do masks reduce your oxygen levels? Your COVID-19 questions answered|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/masks-oxygen-covid-questions-answered-1.5653404|publisher=CBC News|date=2020-07-18}}</ref>, høyt karbondioksidnivå i blodet<ref>{{cite web|authors=Shepherd, M.|title=This Myth About Carbon Dioxide And Masks Is Similar To A Debunked Claim About Climate Change|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2020/07/01/debunking-2-myths-toxic-coronavirus-masks-and-breathing-warms-the-climate/|website=Forbes|date=2020-07-01}}</ref> og et svekket [[immunsystem]].<ref>{{cite web|vauthors=Forster V|title=Wearing A Mask To Protect Against Covid-19 Coronavirus Will Not Weaken Your Immune System|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/05/17/no-wearing-a-mask-to-protect-against-covid-19-coronavirus-will-not-weaken-your-immune-system/|website=Forbes|date=17. mai 2020}}</ref> Noen hevder også feilaktig at munnbind forårsaker antibiotikaresistent [[lungebetennelse]] ved å forhindre at [[Patogen|patogener]] pustes ut fra kroppen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fact check: People have not been developing antibiotic-resistant pneumonia from wearing face masks|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-pneumonia/fact-check-people-have-not-been-developing-antibiotic-resistant-pneumonia-from-wearing-face-masks-idUSKCN26E2NA|work=Reuters|date=2020-09-23}}</ref> Det er også feilaktig hevdet at munnbindet inneholder mikroplast og andre farlige stoffer som man puster inn.<ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Munnbind-bekymringer fra forskere var ikke basert på forskning|avis=Faktisk.no|dato=17. april 2021|url=https://www.faktisk.no/artikler/jdmnx/munnbind-bekymringer-fra-forskere-var-ikke-basert-pa-forskning}}</ref>