Global health. The current scenario and future perspectives

304 The majority of respondents in a study conducted in six countries stated that news media helped them understand the crisis and explain what they could do individually and collectively. However, one out of three also feels that media exaggerated about the pandemic. Additionally, respondents answered factual questions about coronavirus correctly overall. In four out of six countries surveyed people who used news media as sources answered correctly at higher rates than those who did not (Nielsen et al., 2020). Clearly, the variable of whether a person consumes news media or not does not fully explain their behavior or decisions regarding the pandemic; it depends on context, political attitudes, religious beliefs and years of formal education. Recognizing that information disorder exists and developing and implementing strategies to counteract it are necessary actions, but insufficient. The experience during the pandemic indicates that these “information pathologies” are likely to repeat themselves in future crises. However, the journalistic and media fields and the scientific field have become more aware and have strengthened their ties in everyday work. Publishing data is not the same as communicating Scientists and journalists need to understand that a newspaper or media outlet is not a scientific journal. I do not have ten pages to publish about coronavirus. Camila Figueroa, journalist at Las Últimas Noticias 73 . One positive aspect of the pandemic is that there has been a significant volume of scientific information in the media. Concepts such as virus, antibodies, vaccines and immunity became headlines. There has also been an important effort to popularize complex scientific concepts in a way that is accessible to massive audiences. However, this seems like the tip of an iceberg and, with over 7,000 scientific articles published daily, most of them will go unnoticed (León et al., 2022). Through the experience of reporting on science in general and covering the pandemic in particular we learn about various strategies that brought information and data about the pandemic closer to people. The pandemic posed a challenge not only for journalists, but especially for those who were not part of specialized science and technology sections. “With the 73 Ceremony “Recognition for Communication...”, ISP and IMII, August 4 th , 2022.