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Surgeon general warns misinformation an 'urgent threat' to public health:
The surgeon general on Thursday warned Americans about what he called the "urgent threat of health misinformation" amid the government's current push to boost stalling vaccination rates.
Dr. Vivek Murthy's advisory -- the first under the Biden administration -- addresses an epidemic of misinformation and disinformation, and its pernicious impact on public health -- specifically threatening the U.S. response to COVID-19. It frames misinformation as having hindered vaccination efforts, sown mistrust, caused people to reject public health measures, use unproven treatments, prolonged the pandemic and put lives at risk.
"Surgeon general advisories are reserved for urgent public health threats," Murthy said, highlighting his message in the White House briefing room Thursday. "And while those threats have often been related to what we eat, drink and smoke, today, we live in a world where misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation's health."
He continued, "While it often appears innocuous on social media apps on retail sites or search engines -- the truth is that misinformation takes away our freedom to make informed decisions about our health and the health of our loved ones. Simply put, health misinformation has cost us lives."
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 17 2021, @11:04PM (3 children)
In Runaway we do not trust.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @04:14AM (2 children)
^ That is what gets +4 on Bolshevik News.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @06:11AM (1 child)
Nah, the real die on the streets in poverty while rich sons of corrupt businessmen become President gets +5.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 18 2021, @11:42PM
Ok. With you so far.
Damnit. For the last time, leave Hunter Biden and his laptop out of this!