Here's the City TV story about it featuring Timothy Caulfield calgary.citynews.ca/2024/05/14/cal…

People who got off Facebook for 6 pivotal weeks in 2020 may have been less likely to vote for Trump niemanlab.org/2024/05/people…

'...our results can inform readers’ priors about the potential effects of social media in the final weeks of high-profile national elections.'

From…

Calgary UCP town hall on vaccines about ‘spreading misinformation,’ professor says calgary.citynews.ca/2024/05/14/cal…

Me: “This is classic false balance, it is classic ‘both-sidesism’'

'...they try to cast this event as being open to different perspectives, meantime, they’re running smear…

A great discussion at #CAHSPR2024 on tackling misinformation:
understand why people engage with misinformation,
look at the evidence of what works to combat it,
use evidence in crafting messages to debunk,
& support institutions in sharing evidence in the way that works!

Misinformation does not reduce trust in accurate search results, but warning banners may backfire nature.com/articles/s4159… by Mor Naaman (@[email protected]) et al. cc Sander van der Linden

'...while a warning about unreliable sources might decrease trust in #misinformation , it significantly decreases…

'Sub-4 min mile runners have increased longevity compared with the general population, thereby challenging the notion that extreme endurance exercise may be detrimental to longevity.'

bjsm.bmj.com/panels_ajax_ta… by Steve Foulkes et al via British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) University of Alberta ht Science Media Centre

#Move !…

Influencers promote raw milk despite FDA health warnings as bird flu spreads in dairy cows cbsnews.com/news/bird-flu-…

'Do not consume unpasteurized dairy products.'

'...influencers on social media have claimed raw milk has health benefits that are lost in the pasteurization…

Doc Who Said COVID Vax Can Magnetize People Has License Reinstated medpagetoday.com/special-report… by Kristina Fiore

Tenpenny was 'named as one of the 'Disinformation Dozen''

And she STILL has a license? Sigh.

🚨Useful overview by superstar team! 🚨

Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation nature.com/articles/s4156…

'...range of interventions designed to target users’ competences and behaviours in a variety of ways.'

Fighting #misinformation (largely)…

Attacking birth control pills, US influencers push #misinformation medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-b… by Anuj Chopra et al.

Jenna Sherman: 'This spike in contraception misinformation correlates with the restriction of abortion access in a number of states.'

#ScienceUpFirst

Election #misinformation is making Europe 'anxious'. euronews.com/next/2024/05/1…

'The Russians are looking to destabilise an 'anxious' Europe by interfering in the European elections...'

🚨Heads up, Canada & U.S.! 🚨

9 in 10 Canadians have seen #misinformation on health abacusdata.ca/misinformation…

'Ensuring Canadians have access to content they trust will be critical to navigating an environment with a great deal of misinformation.'

via Abacus Data Canadian Medical Association cc ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced'Abord

Researchers analyze health information on TikTok to identify trends medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-h…

'...nearly half of the videos they analyzed contained non-factual information, with a large proportion of misleading videos coming from nonmedical influencers.'

EMF is an acronym for electromagnetic fields.

'Electromagnetic hypersensitivity' is a fake diagnosis promoted in the alternative medicine community to sell you pieces of metal to protect (scam) you from getting sick from electromagnetic fields.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/electromagneti…

Sum: No to raw milk!

More raw milk caution required during avian flu crisis foodsafetynews.com/2024/05/more-r…

'FDA responded by warning consumers to avoid all raw milk products. FDA sees pasteurization as a method of inactivating the #AvianFlu virus.'

Every. Single. Day.

Yep, the research community debates. It disagrees. Argues. Challenges. I've been involved in thousands of research meetings, events, etc. It is often messy & tense!

But false balance & bothsidesism ≠ honest debate. My take: healthydebate.ca/2023/08/topic/…

'A society that stops caring about facts is a society where anything can happen' theguardian.com/culture/articl…

'The polarising effects of these weaponised debates appears to be spreading through political systems...'

jon ronson: '...stick to the nuanced truth, rather than flattening…

AstraZeneca: The 'saviour' of Covid pandemic, marred with misinformation firstpost.com/opinion/astraz… via Firstpost

'The AstraZeneca vaccine has also suffered some serious misinformation and poor reporting over the years.'

Prof Jonathan Ball: 'We seem to forget how desperate the…

A large & growing body of evidence shows the COVID vaccines:

- Saved millions of lives
- Reduce hospitalization rates
- Improve pregnancy outcomes
- Reduce severity & incidence of Long COVID
- Reduce burden on healthcare systems
- Saved billions of dollars
- Etc!

A few example…