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Misinformation regarding COVID-19 would have cost at least $300 million in hospital costs in Canada. PHOTO: The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Misinformation at the height of the coronavirus pandemic will have had socio-economic and political consequences across the country. A research team has attempted to quantify them over a nine-month period from March to November 2021. Professor Marie-Eve Carignan, co-holder of the UNESCO Chair in the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism, participated in the ‘study. Listen to the interview to learn more regarding the costs of misinformation regarding COVID-19.

300 million dollars

  • The bill for hospitalizations and stays in intensive care.

2,3 millions

  • The number of people in the country who hesitated to get vaccinated.

2800

  • The number of deaths that might have been prevented due to vaccine hesitancy.