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Local communities resisted health workers, believing thatvaccines and treatments were part of a plot to harm or sterilize them
Fact check: Information true Many fears and lots of mistrust raised with the "invasion by foreigners dressed in what looked like spacesuits, who took people to hospitals or barricaded tent-like wards from which few returned" (World Health Organization, 2015) Problem: biased, implements feelings onto others
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The lack of trust between communities and the governmentcreated significant barriers to implementing quarantine measures and vaccination campaigns
fact check: information true " The mistrust was particularly worsened when burials were sometimes implemented without relatives’ consent." (Manguvo & Mafuvadze, 2015) Problem: potentially wrong citation Manguvo, A., & Mafuvadze, B. (2015). The impact of traditional and religious practices on the spread of Ebola in West Africa: time for a strategic shift. The Pan African medical journal, 22 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), 9. https://doi.org/10.11694/pamj.supp.2015.22.1.6190
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Smith, 2015).
Fact check: citation placed correctly Problem: Fake source Smith, L. (2015). Barriers to disease prevention in Nigeria. African Medical Review, 14(2), 12–24. does not exist, and has been created by AI
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These spiritual leaders oftenperformed cleansing rituals, which inadvertently spread the virus further
Fact check: Information is true "Many surges in new cases have been traced to contact with a traditional healer or herbalist or attendance at their funerals." (World Health Organization, 2015). Problem: Citation is missing
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