Medical disinformation and the unviable nature of COVID-19 conspiracy theories

David Robert Grimes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245900

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Medical disinformation and the unviable nature of COVID-19 conspiracy theories

David Robert Grimes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: davidrobert.grimes@dcu.ie

Affiliations School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3140-3278

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Medical disinformation and the unviable nature of COVID-19 conspiracy theories

David Robert Grimes

Published: March 12, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245900

About the Authors

David Robert Grimes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: davidrobert.grimes@dcu.ie

Affiliations School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3140-3278

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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