I admire his enthusiasm, but "drowning out" quackery and medical misinformation with good information just doesn't work. wish him luck, but I wish he'd also talk to those of us who've been at just this thing for many years, like @MarkHoofnagle and others.https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/31/doctor-recruiting-doctors-to-fight-fake-health-info-on-social-media.html …
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This model is why so many doctors jump into social media, full of enthusiasm to counter medical misinformation, like what antivaxers spread. Then they find out that it's a deluge, a flood, and unending and overwhelming stream, and they give up.
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If only there were a group, a movement, that already exists, that has been thinking about medical misinformation and pseudoscience for decades to consult. If only...
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Unfortunately, Dr. Chiang is using the "knowledge deficit" model of combatting misinformation. It's a factor that is much less important in how misinformation spreads than commonly assumed.
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I feel like Gen Z physicians won't have this issue
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