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Viral News: How dangerous can fake news be for any country or society? You will understand this from this tragic incident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Actually, the whole matter is that a rumor spread in this country that due to the vaccine, the private parts of men are getting smaller and disappearing. Due to this rumour, the crowd of health workers who had come to conduct the survey took their lives. It is being told that due to the rumor spread in Congo’s Shopo province, so far 17 people have lost their lives.

The most surprising thing in this whole matter is that people did not even spare the health workers who were conducting door-to-door surveys. Local people believe that their private parts will shrink due to the vaccine.

How did this rumor spread?

According to media reports, this series of violence started from October last year. At that time, suddenly a video and message were shared very rapidly on social media. In which it was being claimed that a mysterious disease was making men impotent. By the time the government and health organizations could control this rumor, fear had turned into violence. According to Reuters investigation, law and order completely broke down due to this infodemic.

Church priest spread rumor

The roots of this entire incident were found to be deeply rooted in social media and local religious institutions. A Reuters report said that dozens of such videos were found in which different priests were seen fanning this rumour. A video from Light of the World, a pentecostal church in the provincial capital Kisangani, shows a taxi driver claiming that Pastor Jules Mulindwa cured him of his illness through prayer. This video of the pastor was viewed millions of times on different social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok. Due to which people’s belief in this rumor became even stronger.

Pastor has been punished

Information is coming to light that this priest has already been punished for making false claims about the treatment of Covid-19. Apart from this, another priest shared a video in which he claimed to have given a miraculous cure. These videos kept circulating on different social media platforms for months and people kept getting misled by it. Now the authorities have taken strict action in this matter and have arrested about a dozen people and sent one person to jail on charges of spreading effluents.

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