Guess who I am?

 

Guess who I am?

I spread faster, faster than the disease

I spread through social media

Did you guess, I am a rumour?

 hold on, you are partially right

I can be edited and exaggerated

I might sound like an intellectual, but I need to be authenticated

I can create panic

I can make people fearful

Are you confused about who I am?

Okay, let me introduce myself:

“My name is infodemic” 

I am a portmanteau, born to Information and Epidemic

I am good in the hand of experts

I become notorious in the hand’s mongers

I am dangerous than the epidemic when I am unverified

The epidemic has a vaccine, but no vaccine can prevent me

I can be prevented when you are critical and rational

I can be stopped when you stop forwarding me

Stop using me as a source of knowledge

Stop using me for your self-medication

Medical professionals can give you the right information, count on them

Epidemic stops spreading when unverified information is stopped from being forwarded

M.L. Narendra Kumar