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pamela [Washington Post's Safe & Effective Science]
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pamela [Johns Hopkins - Surgeon General's Verified Source for Accurate Info]
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 White House - Press Briefing July 15, 2021
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 by Press Secretary [[:Jen Psaki]] and Surgeon General Dr. [[:Vivek H. Murthy]], July 15, 2021
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-Today, I issued a Surgeon General’s Advisory on the dangers of health misinformation. Surgeon General Advisories are reserved for urgent public health threats. And while those threats have often been related to what we eat, drink, and smoke, today we live in a world where [[:misinformation]] poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health.
+Today, I issued a [[:Surgeon General]]’s Advisory on the dangers of health misinformation. Surgeon General Advisories are reserved for urgent public health threats. And while those threats have often been related to what we eat, drink, and smoke, today we live in a world where [[:misinformation]] poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health.
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-Now, health misinformation didn’t start with COVID-19. What’s different now though is the speed and scale at which health misinformation is spreading. Modern technology companies have enabled misinformation to poison our information environment with little accountability to their users. They’ve allowed people who intentionally spread misinformation — what we call “disinformation” — to have extraordinary reach.
+Now, [[:health misinformation]] didn’t start with COVID-19. What’s different now though is the speed and scale at which health misinformation is spreading. Modern technology companies have enabled misinformation to poison our information environment with little accountability to their users. They’ve allowed people who intentionally spread misinformation — what we call “[[:disinformation]]” — to have extraordinary reach.
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 And I hope that you will see it as I do — as a starting point from which we can build a healthier information environment, safeguard our nation against future threats, and ultimately, empower people to lead healthier lives.((https://web.archive.org/web/20210715224330/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/07/15/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-surgeon-general-dr-vivek-h-murthy-july-15-2021/))
+FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 15, 2021((https://web.archive.org/web/20210715144451/https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/07/15/us-surgeon-general-issues-advisory-during-covid-19-vaccination-push-warning-american.html))
+==== Johns Hopkins - Surgeon General's Verified Source for Accurate Info ====
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+Move with urgency toward coordinated, at- scale investment to tackle misinformation.
+Assess funding portfolios to ensure meaningful, multi-year commitments to promising research and programs.
+Invest in quantifying the harms of misinformation and identifying evidence-based interventions.
+Focus on areas facing private and public funding gaps.
+Examples could include independent and local journalism, accountability mechanisms for platforms, and
+community-based health literacy programs. Provide training and resources for grantee
+Deploy new messaging and community engagement strategies, including partnerships with trusted messengers. Proactively and rapidly release accurate, easy-to-understand health information in online and in-person
+settings. Invest in [[:fact-checking]] and [[:rumor control]] mechanisms where appropriate
+**Note: Defining “misinformation”** is a challenging task, and any definition has limitations. One
+key issue is whether there can be an objective benchmark for whether something qualifies as
+misinformation.
+Some researchers argue that for something to be considered misinformation, it has to go against “scientific consensus” (e.g., Chou, Gaysynsky, & Cappella (2020)). Others consider misinformation to be information that is contrary to the “best available evidence” (e.g.,[[:Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security]] (2021)).
+Both approaches recognize that what counts as misinformation can change over time with new evidence and **scientific consensus.** This Advisory prefers the **“best available evidence”** benchmark since claims can be highly misleading and harmful even if the science on an issue isn’t yet settled. At the same time, it is important to be careful and avoid conflating controversial or unorthodox claims with misinformation.
+Transparency, humility, and a commitment to open scientific inquiry are critical. A second key issue is whether [[:misinformation]] should include not only false information but also misleading information.
+This Advisory includes misleading claims in the definition. Consider an anecdote about someone
+experiencing a rare side effect after a routine surgery. The specific anecdote may be true but hide the
+fact that the **side effect is very rare and treatable**. By misinforming people about the benefits and risks of the surgery, the anecdote can be highly misleading and harmful to public health.
+Going forward, there is a need for further **alignment on a shared definition of misinformation**. However, we can meaningfully improve the health information environment even without a consensus definition of misinformation. For further discussion on definitions, see Vraga & Bode (2020).((https://web.archive.org/web/20210715134049/https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-misinformation-advisory.pdf))
+Contact: OSG Press Office 202-690-6343 - OSGPress@hhs.gov
+==== 2023 - COVID-19 misinformation in Canada cost at least 2,800 lives ====
+MSN Story by Darren Major Jan 26, 2023
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+The spread of [[:COVID-19]] misinformation in [[:Canada]] cost at least 2,800 lives and $300 million in hospital expenses over nine months of the pandemic, according to estimates in a new report out Thursday.
+The report — released by the [[:Council of Canadian Academies]] (CCA), an independent research organization that receives federal funding — examined how [[:misinformation]] affected COVID infections, hospitalizations and deaths between March and November of 2021.
+The authors suggest that misinformation contributed to [[:vaccine hesitancy]] for 2.3 million Canadians. Had more people been willing to roll up their sleeves when a vaccine was first available to them, Canada could have seen roughly 200,000 fewer COVID cases and 13,000 fewer hospitalizations, the report says.
+[[:Alex Himelfarb]], chair of the expert panel that wrote the report, said that its estimates are very conservative because it only examined a nine-month period of the pandemic.
+"It's pretty clear that tens of thousands of hospitalizations did occur because of misinformation," Himelfarb told reporters. "We are confident that those are conservative estimates."
+Himelfarb also said the $300 million estimate covers only hospital costs — the study didn't include indirect costs associated with factors such as delayed elective surgeries and lost wages.
+A number of studies have found that getting vaccinated can reduce the risk of COVID infection and hospitalization. But only 80 per cent of Canadians have been fully vaccinated, according to the latest data from Health Canada.((https://web.archive.org/web/20230127005438/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/covid-19-misinformation-cost-at-least-2800-lives-and-300m-new-report-says/ar-AA16KM64))