Weeks later, she received the COVID-19 vaccine and posted about that, too. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts warn, false or misleading posts can mean the difference between someone taking precautions or not. But it upsets him that his posts were used to promote a conspiracy theory he knows is false. The same professor saying COVID is a hoax, well, that’s interesting and guarantees traffic,” said Dr. Elias Aboujaoude, a psychiatrist and Stanford University professor who studies the intersection of psychology and technology. Individuals across the country, like Rockwell, have found themselves swept into the misinformation maelstrom, their online posts or their very identities hijacked by anti-vaccine activists and others peddling lies about the COVID-19 outbreak.
