8. “Clinicians cannot sustain this alone. We cannot compete with the volume, speed, and emotional manipulation of modern disinformation, especially when we are undermined by institutions, politicians, and influencers who benefit from chaos.”
#MisinformationKills /9
Vaccination rates are alarming! As a concerned citizen, I'm calling for better public health education & leadership to combat misinformation. Let's work together to promote life-saving vaccines and protect our communities!
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2,500 Commentators Agree: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Has Failed to Earn the Public’s Trust | Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/nobodytrustsjay/

“While other doctors worked in hospitals, Dr. #Bhattacharya made videos that treated rare, mild vaccine side effects as a fate worse than death. Today, he using his own efforts to demolish trust as justification for destroying an entire field of lifesaving, Nobel Prize winning research.”

#MisinformationKills #VaccinesSaveLives #mRNAVaccines

2,500 Commentators Agree: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Has Failed to Earn the Public’s Trust

Rebuilding trust and honest conversations will all have to wait until Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the rest of our medical establishment are out of office.

Science-Based Medicine

https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloops/565719/Judge-dismisses-petition-from-unvaccinated-Kamloops-doctor-barred-from-practicing-at-RIH

“Dr. Teresa Szezepaniak refused to take the vaccine in 2021, and Interior Health revoked her hospital privileges as a result the following year.”

#misinformationkills

Judge dismisses petition from unvaccinated Kamloops doctor barred from practicing at RIH - Kamloops News

"A gunman targeted the CDC today because he believed the Covid-19 vaccine made him sick. A police officer died trying to stop him."
#Tragic #MisinformationKills #COVID19

Jeepers… Bridle and McCullough. 🤦‍♂️

Is a given then that they not only don’t understand what they are reading but they are reading simply to bolster their priors.

Just reading the summary list screams this.

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“We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” Secretary Kennedy said earlier this week, when he announced he was discontinuing #BARDA investments in #mRNA vaccines. More on the science he relied on. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/kennedy-scientific-justification-mrna-vaccines/

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/canadian-covid-19-study-misrepresented-in-false-claims-about-mass-spraying-of-vaccine/

“Online posts claimed the vaccine could or would be used in mass airborne vaccinations without consent, or that the university received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. These claims are false.”

#MisinformationKills

Canadian COVID-19 study misrepresented in false claims about mass ‘spraying’ of vaccine

The researchers conducting the AeroVax study told The Canadian Press the vaccine is not designed for mass vaccination.

CTVNews

Central Alberta doc encourages skepticism of health info on #socialmedia - The Albertan News https://www.thealbertan.com/sundre-news/sundre-doc-encourages-skepticism-of-health-info-on-social-media-10195322 “In some instances, patients with more serious conditions such as cancers are opting for treatments they’ve found on the internet, resulting in progression of the disease, she said.

“I’ve seen lots of patients in 26 years of practice try alternative therapies, and it’s never worked – they’ve all passed away.”

#MisinformationKills

Sundre doc encourages skepticism of health info on social media

People understandably turn to information that’s readily available when they don’t have access to a doctor but should be cautious about claims that seem “too good to be true”

The Albertan
Around 180 people, most over 60, were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil area after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a gang leader who suspected his child had been made ill using witchcraft.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/haiti-gang-massacres-least-110-people-cite-soleil-rights-group-says-2024-12-09/
Misinformation, Trust, and Use of #Ivermectin and #Hydroxychloroquine for #COVID19 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2809985 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2809985?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=081624 “Among 13 438 adults.., 6% reported use of either ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine. Those who endorsed COVID-19 vaccine–related #misinformation, had lower trust in hospitals and physicians and lower trust in scientists, and exhibited greater belief in #conspiracy theories were more likely to report using one of these medicines. #MisinformationKills
Misinformation, Trust, and Use of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

This survey study examines the association between non–evidence-based treatment for COVID-19 and endorsement of misinformation and trust in institutions among US residents with prior COVID-19 infection.