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500 Indian Scientists' Debunk Misinformation Around COVID-19

By - BOOM FACT Check Team | 22 April 2020 10:00 PM IST

500 Indian scientists are attempting to debunk myths on COVID-19 with the initiative. BOOM's Govindraj Ethiraj spoke to Sandhya P. Koushika, Associate Professor, DBS-TIFR, Mumbai about the initiative and what made them start.  

'We were extremely horrified with the extremely educated people sharing baseless claims and that is when we realised that there was a role here for scientists to play and that is to become science communicators,' says Sandhya P. Koushika. 

She further said,

* We try and stay away from advising people and we stick to science.

* We really stayed focused on science and that is our strength. 

* No evidence suggests that the virus was let loose from a lab in Wuhan. 



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