Collins-Dexter, Brandi2025-09-182020-06Collins-Dexter, Brandi. “Canaries In The Coal Mine: Covid-19 Misinformation And Black Communities.” Shorenstein Center Discussion Paper Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, June 2020.https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42719525The Black community online is awash in medical misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. Even as Black people are disproportionately dying from the virus due to systemic racism, harmful inaccuracies about how to keep from contracting COVID-19, how to treat it, and where it comes from are metastasizing in Black online spaces, putting people at even greater risk.Working Paper