Alex binira sa pagkakalat ng fake news

Sa grocery raw nakukuha ang covid

Nabiktima ng fake news si Alex Gonzaga na naikalat niya pa sa kanyang social media account. Pero kahapon ay burado na ito at nag-sorry na siya.

Kaya naman binira-bira siya ng ibang netizens na wala na ngang ginagawa para makatulong sa pinagdaraanang krisis ng bayan natin, nagkakalat pa ng maling information.

Binanggit kasi ni Alex na sa grocery nakukuha ang COVID-19 na mabilis kinontra ng PGH Community : “So far ang trend sa hospitals now is sa grocery nakukuha ang COVID-19, so if kayang mag-bulk-buy, yun na yung gawin. Then paki-disinfect mga nabili delata etc. 1:9 ratio chlorox n water. 1 cup chlorox 9 cups water. Paki-share na lang,” ang deleted post ni Alex na may more than 2 million followers sa Twitter account niya.

Ang basis ng kanyang post ay ang pinadala raw sa kanya ng isang kaibigan na may contact sa doctors.

Ayon sa Philippine General Hospital :

“In response to circulating rumors in social media, the Philippine General Hospital would like to inform the general public that there is no such observed trend with our admitted COVID-19 (+) patients acquiring the illness from groceries.

“The two most important risk factors noted are (1) travel history from areas with known local transmission, and (2) close contact with COVID-19 (+) patients.

“We encourage everyone to verify posts in social media and believe only the ones shared from official channel.

“Lastly we continue to remind the public to stay vigilant and consistently practice the following :

1) Social distancing

2) Frequent hand washing

3) Applying alcohol to hands immediately after touching potentially contaminated items (eg. door knobs, peso bills, telephones, computer keyboards, elevator buttons, ATM machine, grocery items, etc.)

4) Refraining from touching the face all time.”

Kaya klaro na fake news ang tweet ni Alex though hindi lang siguro siya nag-fact check at basta na lang nag-share.

Kasama sa additional powers ni Pres. Duterte ang pagpapakulong at pagbabayad ng hanggang P1 million sa nagkakalat ng fake news tungkol sa kinakaharap na krisis ng bansa kaugnay sa novel coronavirus.