AIRA Reports

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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - June 13 (Weekly Brief #24 of 2022)

Key Disease Misinformation Trends

  • Monkeypox is transmitted through clothing

Key COVID-19 Misinformation Trends

  • COVID-19 vaccine causes myocarditis in children
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - June 6 (Weekly Brief #23 of 2022)

Key Disease Misinformation Trends

  • Monkeypox is a new laboratory-grown strain

Key COVID-19 Misinformation Trends

  • COVID-19 Vaccine side effects spread sexually
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - May 30 (Weekly Brief #22 of 2022)

Key COVID-19 Misinformation Trends

  • Monkeypox is a COVID-19 vax cover-up
  • The WHO is spreading monkeypox
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - May 23 (Weekly Brief #21 of 2022)

Key COVID-19 Trends

  • Flu cases registering positive for COVID-19 tests
  • COVID-19 cases are being falsely reported

Key Disease Trends

  • Monkeypox narratives in African Media Environments
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - May 16 (Weekly Brief #20 of 2022)

Key COVID-19 Trends

  • COVID-19 vaccines more likely to kill than save lives
  • Dangers of the COVID-19 vaccine shedding
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - May 9 (Weekly Brief #19 of 2022)

Key COVID-19 Trends

  • The lethality of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - May 4 (Weekly Brief #18 of 2022)

Key COVID-19 Trends

  • COVID-19 vaccine deaths and side effects

Key Outbreak Trends

  • Ebola outbreak in DRC is being seen as “Ebola business”
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - April 25 (Weekly Brief #17 of 2022)

Key New COVID-19 Trends

  • Medical officials are targeted as untrustworthy
  • Rising belief that vaccines are weakening immune system

New Disease Trends

  • Measles outbreak in Liberia
  • Cholera outbreak in Zambia
  • Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - April 15 (Weekly Brief #16 of 2022)

Key New COVID-19 Trends

  • COVID-19 variants BA.4 and BA.5
  • COVID-19 variant Omicron XE
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AIRA Infodemic Trends Report - April 4 (Weekly Brief #14 of 2022)

Key COVID-19 Misinformation/Rumor Trends

  • African nations thrived by avoiding the COVID vaccine

Key Malaria Misinformation/Rumor Trends

  • Malaria isn’t a virus and shouldn’t have a vaccine

Key Influenza Misinformation/Rumor Trends

  • Flu vaccine is the COVID-19 jab