Fighting Fear with Facts: Navigating Infectious Disease Information [Sponsored]

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  Change makes people feel uncomfortable.

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  It's a very vulnerable place to be in, especially if people are looking at experts as infallible,

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  which they're very much not.

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  Has sensationalism about infectious diseases altered our ability to discern fact from fiction?

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  It's easy to find bold claims on social media about everything from vaccines to the spread of measles.

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  But how do we know what to trust?

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  I'm Megan Hall for Scientific American Custom Media.

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  How do we respond to real epidemics when we're also fighting the spread of misinformation?

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  Where can people turn for trusted information, especially to protect themselves from infectious diseases?

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  Joining me is Jessica Malati Rivera, an epidemiologist and award-winning science communicator.

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  Welcome, Jessica.

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  Thanks for having me.

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  It's great to have you.

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  So before we talk about...

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  Infectious diseases, and misinformation.

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  Let's talk a little bit about you.

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  You've been translating science information for a long time,

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  but I understand you were an actual translator starting at the age of one.

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  Is that correct?

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  Oh my gosh, that's a deep cut.

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