Months before the pandemic began, an epidemiologist tweeted that debunking misinformation was dunking on a 7 foot hoop. As someone who has spent nearly 2 decades on social media and watching the rise of misinformation, I knew that attitude was not only incorrect but dangerous.
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I'm sure the apology is coming any day now.
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I seem to remember that specifically not happening when it was addressed in detail here (although it did apparently eventually lead to a stealthy delayed ‘delete-tweets’ festival):https://twitter.com/hislopmd/status/1190412732505309186?s=21 …
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, in no small part due to social media & behind the scenes work:
- New Brunswick has barred naturopaths from pretending they are medical doctors
- A BC naturopath was run out of practice
- 72 others are being investigated
- CEASE therapy was banned in BC
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