COVID-19, social media, and the role of the public physician

JM Topf, PN Williams - Blood Purification, 2021 - karger.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an avalanche of information, much of it false or
misleading. Social media posts with misleading or dangerous opinions and analyses are …

Misinformation and disinformation: the potential disadvantages of social media in infectious disease and how to combat them

AN Desai, D Ruidera, JM Steinbrink… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Although the use of social media to spread misinformation and disinformation is not a new
concept, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has …

[HTML][HTML] Role of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: Beneficial, destructive, or reconstructive?

H Sahni, H Sharma - International Journal of Academic Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The world is facing the extensive spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus
2. This epidemic puts intensive pressure on healthcare, economic, and social structures …

[HTML][HTML] A deadly infodemic: social media and the power of COVID-19 misinformation

MA Gisondi, R Barber, JS Faust, A Raja… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
COVID-19 is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States, and
unvaccinated people continue to die in high numbers. Vaccine hesitancy and vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] Positive and negative impact of social media in the COVID-19 era

AV Venegas-Vera, GB Colbert… - Reviews in cardiovascular …, 2020 - imrpress.com
Social Media usage has been shown to increase in situations of natural disaster and other
crises. It is crucial for the scientific community to understand how social media works in order …

Physicians spreading misinformation on social media—do right and wrong answers still exist in medicine?

RJ Baron, YD Ejnes - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Physicians Spreading Misinformation on Social Media — Do Right and Wrong Answers Still Exist
in Medicine? | New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal …

COVID-19: An urgent call for coordinated, trusted sources to tell everyone what they need to know and do

SC Ratzan, LO Gostin, N Meshkati… - Journal of Health …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
March 5, 2020 Disclaimer: Editor's note: This article was originally published in the National
Academy of Medicine Perspectives on March 5, 2020. It was is the 5th most read NAM …

[HTML][HTML] The “pandemic” of disinformation in COVID-19

F Tagliabue, L Galassi, P Mariani - SN comprehensive clinical medicine, 2020 - Springer
In recent years, mass media and social networks have played an important role in
disseminating information regarding public health. During the COVID-19 epidemic …

[HTML][HTML] “Ask a Doctor About Coronavirus”: how physicians on social media can provide valid health information during a pandemic

D Furstrand, A Pihl, EB Orbe, N Kingod… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the information stream has overflowed with accurate
information, misinformation, and constantly changing guidelines. There is a great need for …

[HTML][HTML] The parallel pandemic: medical misinformation and COVID-19: primum non nocere

JS Love, A Blumenberg, Z Horowitz - Journal of general internal medicine, 2020 - Springer
As COVID-19 spreads globally causing fear and loss of life, so too does the parallel
pandemic of medical misinformation. Similar to coronavirus itself, few are immune to medical …