The @SDSheriff’s office last night began promoting a scary and strange video they produced of one of their deputies collapsing in a parking lot from what they suspected to be a fentanyl exposure. In response to skepticism, they started saying things we know not to be true. 
The American Medical Association has tried to dispel the myth that brief dermal exposure to fentanyl can cause a lethal overdose.
From 2019: “Fentanyl is so poorly absorbed through the skin that it required years of research to develop a fentanyl patch.” ama-assn.org/system/files/2…
From 2019: “Fentanyl is so poorly absorbed through the skin that it required years of research to develop a fentanyl patch.” ama-assn.org/system/files/2…
The video—which features bodycam footage interspersed with interviews of the deputy and his partner and commentary from the sheriff—has led to some seriously credulous reporting by the usual suspects. For example: foxnews.com/us/san-diego-c…
The way it is produced, the medically uninformed commentary that surrounds it, and the absence of even nominally independent voices like the doctors who purportedly treated the deputy, should prompt reporters to be far more skeptical.
I’ll add, though this is more speculative, another red flag: The video is supposedly taken at an arrest scene—a big otherwise empty parking area—but there’s no indication in the footage of a suspect, other officers, or onlookers being there as the suspect vehicle is searched.
I don’t know why I bother. jfc abc
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1423839326551613442
Just an appalling amount of irresponsible stenographic coverage of this law enforcement-produced content across many mainstream outlets.
https://twitter.com/erinscafe/status/1424194415661178886
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