Yes it does Health misinformation is false inaccurate or misleading information about help according to the best evidence at the time right and while it often appears innocuous on social media apps on retail sites or search engines the truth is that misinformation takes away our freedom to make informed decisions about our health
And the health of our loved ones right during the covid-19 pandemic Health misinformation has led people to resist wearing masks in high risk settings it’s LED them to turn down proven treatments and to choose not to get vaccinated this has led to avoidable illnesses and depth simply put health information has cost
Us lives oh my gosh so now information can cost us lives now it’s misinformation okay so when when they were saying You Gotta Wear 25 masks and stay inside if you said that doesn’t make any sense at all that was misinformation you are dangerous oh no oh no I’m dangerous now oh
My well it turns out uh we were right oh we’re in the little surgical mask really didn’t do anything staying inside really didn’t do anything in fact some people now say it might have made things worse what a surprise so our kids kids can’t go back to school they cannot
Go back to school no it’s not happening with kids it doesn’t seem to be a problem with kids as soon as the teachers get vaccinated you know why don’t we just protect the old people how dare you that’s misinformation you’re gonna get people killed well we have officially gone from debate to now
Public policy by the government to squash all those who dissent it’s costing us lives okay but I mean really they’re probably just talking about it and saying hey don’t spread misinformation let’s go to the White House cut two please uh with these social media platforms uh and those uh engagements typically happen
Through members of our senior staff but also members of our covid-19 team given as Dr Murphy uh conveyed this is a big issue of misinformation specifically on the pandemic in terms of actions Alex that we have taken or we’re working to take I should say from the federal government we’ve increased
Disinformation research and tracking within the surgeon general’s office we’re flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread this information we’re working with doctors and medical professionals to connect to Connected medical experts with popular with popular who are popular with their audiences with with accurate information and boost trusted content so we’re
Helping get trusted content out there wow so they’ve got doctors they’ve got doctors who are trusted it you know people who like run Children’s Hospitals you know who are really really trusted you know I mean you’re not going to trust your you’re not going to trust your children to you know some crazy
Doctor you know Dr mangula oh wait he did run a children’s hospital in fact he ran the biggest Children’s Hospital in Germany that’s weird he was a trusted voice but that was then this is now nothing like that could ever ever ever happen don’t worry about it so they’re
Now if I got this right working with Facebook to tell them who they should censor they’re working with Facebook flagging things for Facebook and saying you know this person’s really a problem I don’t think there’s a problem with this at all There it goes again the first amendment just went speeding by Stu am I wrong here on the first amendment I mean that is now they’re colluding with social media and they’re telling us that you better believe they’re experts by the way completely unrelated have you seen the
People in Cuba that are now protesting in the streets because the government is so Draconian now they’re going out in the streets and they’re speaking their mind but they’re being beaten up in the streets because they’re very dangerous I love that what did the White House call it their right to peacefully
Protest yeah it’s like well I believe they have that right and I believe they got that right from God but you know who doesn’t recognize that right the Cuban government yes yes and apparently more and more every day this government how dare you they are now America wake up wake up
So the the quote from the Surgeon General limiting the spread of Health misinformation is a moral and Civic imperative that will require a whole lot of societal effort misinformation has caused confusion LED people to decline covid-19 vaccines reject Public Health measures such as masking and physical distancing and
Unproven treatments you mean like what was it yesterday having soup having soup Chris Cuomo that was the treatment that Chris Cuomo received yes soup okay so when fauci told everybody not to wear a mask then flip-flopped and said wear masks or was it when fauci said that he was wearing a mask after
Being vaccinated purely for the Imaging and not due to any science or was it when we shut the entire world down using faulty virus spread modeling just to justify shutting the entire global economy to the vast majority misinformation that misinformation has come to us from the government and the
Government experts the very same people HHS is telling us now we should only get our information from America you this is like it’s like two o’clock in the morning hey we’re closing up come on you Winos come on get out I don’t know it seems to be a problem here
Is it really through the clock yeah you’re a wino come on get out misinformation can sometimes spread intentionally to serve a malicious purpose such as to trick people into believing something for financial gain or political Advantage this is usually called disinformation yeah yeah kind of sounds up it’s kind of sums up exactly
How most people in America feel when we’re getting our information from the experts and the government first hint in this new document from the Surgeon General in HHS shows who they’re really coming after in recent years the rapidly changing information environment had made it easier for misinformation to
Spread at an unprecedented speed and scale especially on social media an online retail sites as well as search engines okay here’s what they’ve talked about that they’ve done so far okay during the covid pandemic uh there have been significant efforts to address health information misinformation and here are
Just a few examples from the United States government trusted community members such as health professionals Faith leaders and Educators have spoken directly to their communities to address covid-19 related questions in Town Halls Community meetings via social and traditional media now remember these politicians these trusted voices these these Faith leaders and educators
Oh Educators oh I trust the education unions don’t you these Educators entrusted voices they’re the ones that have been asked by HHS boy who did this before oh he was Woodrow Wilson and the Minutemen researchers have identified leading sources of covid-19 misinformation including misinformation super spreaders I think that
Gosh they do love us they love us they really love us there are misinformation super spreaders media organizations that have devoted more resources to identify and debunk misinformation about covid-19 now I would say that’s us but they wouldn’t say that was us some technology platforms have improved efforts to Monitor and address
Misinformation by reducing the distribution of false or misleading posts and directing users to health information from credible sources governments have increased their efforts to disseminate clear public health information in partnership with trusted members uh Messengers oh that is great so now they have verified in this document that the
Government is enlisting these trusted members of society don’t worry Boy Wonder I think the penguin knows exactly what he’s doing here’s why they introduce what needs to happen going forward they need to equip Americans with the tools to identify misinformation to make informed choices about the information
That they share the address to address Health misinformation in their communities and partner with them and other trusted leaders so please let’s all come together let’s work for the government do you hear what is happening to your country today let’s get into partnership with our local leaders who are so very trusted
Expand research that deepens our understanding of Health misinformation including how it spreads and evolves how and why it impacts people who’s the most susceptible which strategies are the most effective in addressing it then Implement product design and policy changes on technology platforms to slow the spread of misinformation Implement
Product design and policy changes on technology platforms to slow the spread of misinformation by the way I was just thinking about Cuba a minute ago and Venezuela and Hugo Chavez because Venezuela is probably in Cuba right now they’re probably helping beat the people in Cuba into submission but when Hugo
Chavez was alive you know one of the first things he did he said we’re never going to be able to take over this government we’re never going to be able to turn it into a communist crap hole we’re never going to be able to abuse our own people and have him starving
Just to the point to where they’re eating animals out of the zoo we’re never going to be able to do that unless we can take over the media and silence people who has a voice of dissent if we can just silence them then we can
Have them eat all the animals in the zoo won’t that be fun of course we’re gonna have to do something else too we’re gonna need to get control of the Pentagon or I’m sorry the uh the military and we’ll have to have control of the local police too
Hmm and there have to be a lot of Chaos in the street anyway I’m sorry I keep I keep going off to Cuba because Cuba is on my mind today for some reason but totally unrelated to what we’re seeing here with HHS um they also want to invest in longer
Term efforts to build resilience against Health misinformation such as media science Digital Data health literacy programs oh I wonder if they could build camps for us like an education camp and we could all go to camp in the summer and the fall in the winter in the spring and the
Summer and the fall and spring in the winter it’d be great we could learn so much from our government so anyway they want to invest in longer term efforts the government wants to invest in longer-term efforts to build resilience against Health misinformation such as media science Digital Data health
Literacy programs and training for health practitioners journalists Librarians and others boy I gotta tell you you better get a hold of them damn Librarians because they are out there right now spreading misinformation like there is no tomorrow and guess what America there may not be a tomorrow
