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From Yahoo News: Medical misinformation swirled across social media during the pandemic, but some of it was in a class of its own: It came from medical doctors. Doctors, of course, are just as human and error-prone as everyone else, but because they presumably know more than average about how to interpret medical information. So why were they sending out stuff that wasn't true? It's not clear how far that misinformation spread, but once false impressions take hold, it can be very hard to change them.
Roughly 1 million Americans hold medical licenses in the United States, so 52 is a tiny fraction of the total. Misinformation that comes from doctors can be particularly damaging, because of the trust associated with medical credentials. Others promoted unsubstantiated claims or conspiracy theories about the government or the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
This kind of information caused real harm to people who suffered or died unnecessarily as well as to people who lost their faith in science when presented with misinformation about vaccine and drug development
Even if another doctor corrects the misinformation, "people will get confused about who to believe and it's the profession that suffers.
What the 52 said: Most of the 52 sent out information that was false or misleading about COVID-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness ‒ despite tens of millions of doses delivered safely worldwide and millions of lives confirmed saved ‒ or promoted treatments that lacked scientific evidence.
Have you or a loved one ever been misdiagnosed or overdiagnosed? How did U deal with it? What was the outcome?
The Blind Side debate btw Michael Oher & The Touhys was he adopted or not? Why Now?