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Confronting medical misinformation: Tips from the trenches
The stakes are high and everyone in medicine needs to step up. Nerdy Girl scientists provide lessons and tools from their work to educate the public.
Post date: Mar 03, 2023 | Virginia, US
Medical misinformation presents one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Everyone in medicine must proactively confront this potentially lethal scourge or accept the escalating consequences.
We speak from experience: Our medical science experts at Dear Pandemic — a group of women researchers and clinicians (“Nerdy Girls”) who provide accurate information about COVID-19 and other health issues — have been in the trenches fighting misinformation for the past 30 months. We’ve engaged with more than 100,000 readers, and answered more than 2,000 questions, primarily about the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve learned a lot along the way, and we want to share those learnings to help you confront misinformation about vaccines, climate change, diseases, and more.
One of the most important lessons is that this battle can be won. Recalcitrant disinformation zealots are the minority; in our experience, most people genuinely want access to digestible, credible, evidence-based information. Our readers reinforce this sentiment through their engagement and messages of gratitude, as in this email: “You are truly the only source I trust for COVID answers. You care about the facts and don’t have other agendas.”
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Medical Schools / Universities Health Research & Education:
Confronting medical misinformation: Tips from the trenches
The stakes are high and everyone in medicine needs to step up. Nerdy Girl scientists provide lessons and tools from their work to educate the public.
Post date: Mar 03, 2023 | Virginia, US
Medical misinformation presents one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Everyone in medicine must proactively confront this potentially lethal scourge or accept the escalating consequences.
We speak from experience: Our medical science experts at Dear Pandemic — a group of women researchers and clinicians (“Nerdy Girls”) who provide accurate information about COVID-19 and other health issues — have been in the trenches fighting misinformation for the past 30 months. We’ve engaged with more than 100,000 readers, and answered more than 2,000 questions, primarily about the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve learned a lot along the way, and we want to share those learnings to help you confront misinformation about vaccines, climate change, diseases, and more.
One of the most important lessons is that this battle can be won. Recalcitrant disinformation zealots are the minority; in our experience, most people genuinely want access to digestible, credible, evidence-based information. Our readers reinforce this sentiment through their engagement and messages of gratitude, as in this email: “You are truly the only source I trust for COVID answers. You care about the facts and don’t have other agendas.”
Source: aamc.org
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