Misinformation Regarding Vaccine In India By: Vanshika Tomar The Covid-19 vaccine does not generate magnetic properties in the human body. Lemon juice up in the nose won't kill the coronavirus. Nor will keeping bundles of cloves, cardamom, camphor and mace in the pocket. Over a year and a half into the pandemic, India has emerged as the biggest source of Covid misinformation, with 1 in 6 pieces of fake information coming out of the country. The study found social media to be the biggest producer of misinformation, accounting for 85% of it. Internet-based sources make up 91% of all Covid fake news. Among countries, India is the biggest source (18%), followed by Brazil (9%) and the USA (8.6%). The amount of misinformation is also the highest in India, at 16%, followed by the USA (9.7%) and Brazil (8.6%). The reason behind these huge numbers is believed to be weak information and communication infrastructure, less (digital) information literacy and information awareness among the pe...