“We own the science and we think the world should know it.” @MelissaFleming with the @UN discusses their layered approach to handling #misinformation 🧵
One of their most successful strategies was training and deploying physician social media influencers on TikTok through a group called @projecthalo
Here’s one of their most prominent doctors @drsiyabmd calling a doctor he disagrees with a “fucking grift.”
Melissa explains how social media platforms - despite taking down quite a bit of content and providing their side ad credits - bear a huge responsibility for the spread of misinformation.
Thank you @tedcruz. Medical mandates violate patient autonomy- a fundamental principle of medical ethics. @MethodistHosp in Houston was the first hospital in the country to mandate the vaccine… but they offered fake vaccines to VIPs who pushed back.