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By Kamya Yadav , Isra Thange , Julia Ilhardt , Samikshya Siwakoti , Jacob N. Shapiro , November 25, 2020 Indians wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Credit: ChocolateLr18. CC BY-SA 4.0. Since COVID-19 spread to South Asia, there has been no need for government officials, news anchors, or private individuals spreading misinformation about the pandemic to reinvent the wheel. They’ve simply exacerbated the same tensions that have long existed between the major religious groups in the region. In countries like India, which has a sizable Muslim minority population, the false stories circulating about the pandemic have...
