the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and New Jersey Office of Emergency Management have launched a Covid-19 rumor control and disinformation website.
Rumors can easily circulate within communities during a crisis, therefore it is important to get accurate information from a credible source.
The purpose of this page is to help the public distinguish between facts and rumors/disinformation regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The website can be found by clicking the link below.
The page will be updated as more information becomes available.
Coronavirus Rumor Control
FEMA also maintains a rumor control page to help the public distinguish between rumors and facts regarding the response to Coronavirus (COVID-19). Rumors can easily circulate within communities during a crisis, stay informed and please get your information from credible sources.
Learn more at https://www.fema.gov/coronavirus-rumor-contro
Rumor has it covid-19 is no worse than any other new strain of flu or chest cold. Defeat that rumor. Or is it true, and we IN THE USA WITH OUR EXCELLENT AND WELL-FUNDED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM have been over-reacting all this time?
Open up the ball fields. Get recreational and travel baseball going at the very least. We need signs of life and normalcy.
covid-19 is no worse than any other new strain of flu
Very far from a rumor, unfortunately. No group recreation for a long time or we are all dead.