As rates of Covid-19 cases are once again on the rise nationwide, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory calling the spread of health misinformation an “urgent threat”
are either unsure about the vaccine’s effectiveness or believe untrue conspiracy theories about the vaccine, the surgeon general said that friends, family health professionals, faith leaders and educators, should get involved. “Each of us has a role to play,” Murthy said.conducted by researchers from Northwestern, Harvard, Northeastern and Rutgers universities polled people who said they get their news from social media.
Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, told NPR that tech companies are not doing enough to combat misinformation because they are motivated by clicks. Although Ahmed said that the advisory is a positive step, he would like to see the government take a more aggressive approach. “On tobacco packets, they say that tobacco kills,” Ahmed said. “On social media, we need a ‘Surgeon general’s warning: misinformation kills.
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