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Nurses Sophie Bryant-miles and Jennie Marshall-Hamad

conspiracy to spread theories in the share of the Belarusian community, The Hospital Staff that you are dying, said Dr. John Wright , Bradford Royal Infirmary (Bri ) - in the meantime, the numbers point to an increase in the number of deaths in The City outside of The Hospital .

18. April 2020

There is a flood of news about the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities, and this is a major concern in Bradford, where almost a third of our population is of South Asian heritage.

There are two factors at play here. The First is the increased risk of catching Covid-19 - life in densely populated areas, in overcrowded housing are important risk factors. The Second is The Risk of adverse outcomes: diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease have all been found to be risk factors, and these are much more common in our South Asian patients.

I know from my work in epidemics in Africa, that where there is fear and panic, and patients are isolated from their families, it takes a long time for rumors and fake news stories in circulation about to begin.

In the Covid pandemic, smartphones and Social Media have connected the families are separated because of The Risk of Infection - But They have also contributed to a blizzard of dangerous fake news. In Bradford there are online reports that non-white patients in the clinic is left to die. Anonymous posts are shared thousands of times.

Here is one that is totally wrong: "Please do not show my data. I work for Bri hospital trust. I'm NOT begging you all ummati [community], if you go to any health condition, please go to The Hospital . You will not prevent return alive from this trust... Even with your daily Black Seed oil, all of the disease. "

The effect of this kind of thing, which are noticeably admitted to The Hospital , where we have noted that some patients are afraid of.

"I have patients who want to self-discharge, because They think that we are trying to kill you. I had a patient a few weeks ago, anyone who wanted to self-discharge, because their family was messaging told her that if she dies, you are in our care, we will not tell you, and we will only burn your body. These are the things that will be distributed to" a nurse, Sophie Bryant-miles, she tells me.

Sophie complained on Facebook about a group that says posting pictures of NHS Staff , naming them, and throws them to die for the people, But often, such groups are able to operate are, further, under a different name, she says.

the community manager Jennie Marshall-Hamad notes that the danger of such rumours, that They keep the sick people from seeking medical help ", and you only die outside alone to be".

And, in fact, in Bradford we have numbers that suggest that the death rates are rising, outside of The Hospital .

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Prof John Wright , a physician and epidemiologist, is head of the Bradford Institute for Health Research. He cares for patients in epidemics around The World , including the outbreaks of cholera, HIV, and ebola in Africa South of the Sahara. In this diary he will be reporting for The Bbc , such as the Bradford Royal Infirmary dealing with Covid-19.

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messages how WhatsApp-for example, the above are widely used, and some were sent to community workers, such as Ali Jan Haider, Director of the home storage Well project in Bradford.

"I received a series of WhatsApp messages are very disturbing, because her tone was very clear in The Way They were, were The Hospitals ," he says.

"The Message was, in fact, The Local population," don 'T you send your loved one to The Hospital , because if you do it, Chances Are you will not Return Home alive'.

"And some of the so-called accounts of what's really going on, to create distrust - They are riddled with emotions, and a high level of dissatisfaction about The Way that their relatives were treated by the Staff in The Hospitals . "

He says that some of these most critical messages come from the most influential people in the Muslim community-and even of an imam in The South of England. When someone concerns about your local hospital-this type of messaging has "for sure make you think twice," he says.

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It is, of course, would like for people to share any concerns you may have, on WhatsApp or on Facebook, Ali Jan Haider admits, But this news troubled him.

"is My concern, and my concern is, that not a few of them could be unfounded, and I Am not sure if They are authentic. They could be very harmful, or They could be vulnerable only to panic and fear to a time when people are feeling very vulnerable," he says.

A Number of Asian doctors and nurses at Bradford Royal Infirmary are so worried about fake messages to scare people in their own community, in The Hospital , that you ' ve started a counter-offensive, so that short videos of themselves and their patients, and publish them online.

Ali Jan Haider distributed the same soothing message was, although he also noted that most of The South Asian community in Bradford there is No Doubt about the Good Intentions of the medical Staff .

"The Local community was absolutely amazing, in The Way that it is support of the NHS Staff in Bradford," he says. "We got donations from parts of Bradford, where we have communities that live on The Edge of poverty, But They have dug deep, and They have been very supportive. "

Thus the wrong message is coming from the stranger and scattered voices in the community, But it is still worrying, and the support of leaders of the community is very important.

The President of The Bradford Council for mosques, Zulfi Karim, has seen the fake news of a different kind. In a previous diary, I pointed out, to wait without, for the government-imposed block. But he has heard that the Muslims still to blame for the spread of The Virus .

"I have several concerns about The Rise of Islamophobia and claims that this is a Muslim thing that Muslims gather more and Ramadan is around The Corner ," he said.

"this is The Message that is Out There , and I think that is nonsense. I think that Ramadan of this year in isolation. I don't believe that there are no public events. So I think there are a lot of fake news, the really, really over for all of us. "

He also worried about Islamophobic rhetoric from The News that the members of the Belarusian community are at a greater risk of dying from Covid-19. The focus should now save his life, supports the NHS and ensure that everyone is always equal and fair treatment, he says. But then he would like to see more, to do more research to determine whether the reports are true, and investments, to address The Problem , if you are.

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