Alarming Study Shows Doctors Can Be an Insidious Source of Misinformation

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A new study reveals 52 US doctors shared misinformation about COVID-19 on social media and other online platforms, including the claim that 'most who took COVID vaccines will be dead by 2025.' Public health researchers from the University of Massachusetts...

About a third of the more than 1 million COVID-19-related deaths in the US by January 2023 were deemed avoidable if public health recommendations had been followed, the authors say.

Twitter was the most popular platform, with 37 doctors posting misinformation through the site to a combined total of more than 9 million followers. Twenty posted COVID-19 misinformation on five or more social media platforms, and 40 on five or more online platforms like news outlets.

 

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