Table 2:

Characteristics of COVID-19 FNMs

	Frequency (#)	Percent (%)	Cumulative percent (%)
Number of words per message
0-20	111	32.5	32.5
21-40	70	20.5	52.9
41-60	55	16.1	69.0
61-80	28	8.2	77.2
81-100	24	7.0	84.2
101-120	14	4.1	88.3
121-140	7	2.0	90.4
141-160	12	3.5	93.9
161-180	5	1.5	95.3
181-200	2	0.6	95.9
>200	14	4.1	100.0
Type of message
Disinformation	204	59.6	59.6
Misinformation	138	40.4	100.0
Mostly graphic
No	179	52.3	52.3
Yes	163	47.7	100.0
Video embedded
No	281	82.2	82.2
Yes	61	17.8	100.0