Advocating the use of social media for health education in consideration of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic |Biomedgrid

The outbreak of the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China [1]. It's progression towards the pandemic by March 2020 [1] and beyond saw variable responses from a number of health agencies and governments that often put to question their motives and health knowledge. From the mention of herd immunity [2] to the suggestion of injecting bleach [3], world leaders demonstrated a lack of knowledge on their own right and worse, an inefficient use of eminent health professionals by their side [4].