Amed Awan, MD, MPH
May 17, 2023
Misinformation and its Impact on
Medicine and Public Health.
Misinformation and purposefully spread disinformation is being
widely posted on social media with little review of its validity. People
spend an average of two and a half hours on social media every day. Over
70% of those in the United States use social media daily.
Disinformation is prevalent, exemplified by the Washington Post
publishing a leaked document which states only 1% of fake Russian social
media profiles are caught. The COVID-19 pandemic has been politicized and
there are political motives for disseminating disinformation. The
consequences are staggering. We know that more than 1.1 million
individuals have died of COVID-19. As of May 2022, there were over
318,000 vaccine preventable deaths. Individuals whose deaths were
largely caused by mis and disinformation.
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