Recent studies show articles that peddle misinformation on social media platforms like Facebook get many more shares, comments and likes than factual content – which creates a profit motive to keep the spigot of medically-false conspiracy theories flowing. Correspondent David Pogue talks with experts about how difficult it is to find out just how widespread misinformation is on Facebook; and with a doctor whose emergency room has been flooded with COVID patients, many of whom were unvaccinated, or even refuse treatment, because of spurious medical claims they’d seen on social media.
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In 2016 the greatest cause of death in America was listed as Heart Disease with over 600,000 passing away. Second on the list was Cancer that killed a little less than 600,000. Third in 2016 was Medical Errors with over 200,000 and probably closer to 400,000 because of the way […]
