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New tool being developed by the University of Waterloo to help identify false health claims.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 29, 2024 Source:‘Life-or-death’ issue: How one tool is identifying false health claims on social media Reference:A Big Data ecosystem for evaluating health misinformation on social media
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Canadian study reports on COVID-19 misinformation and its health outcome consequences.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 27, 2023 Source:COVID-19 misinformation contributed to 2,800 Canadian deaths, report suggests Reference:Fault Lines: Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation
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Pick those cherries, add a dash of confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance, reap the harvest, and spread vaccine misinformation. No, hundreds of Canadians have not died from COVID-19 vaccines. Where does this myth come from?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 23, 2022 Source:No, hundreds of Canadians have not died from COVID-19 vaccines. Where does this myth come from?
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Sunday House Call, #796, June 27, 2021: The Deliberate Unvaccinated Cohort: The Variants’ Nirvana
The decision to remain unvaccinated is one’s right do so. However, it does not come without consequences to society as a whole and societal responses to those who have made that decision. If there is a significant percentage of our population that remains deliberately unvaccinated, it provides much greater opportunity for coronavirus mutations that could…
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Many thanks to Jonathan Jarry @CrackedScience for an informative discussion about science miscommunication. #ScienceUpFirst #GoScience
Sunday House Call, #776, February 7, 2021 Topics today include: Jonathan Jarry is a science communicator with the McGill Office for Science and Society, dedicated to separating sense from nonsense on the scientific stage. He has been writing a recent series of articles for the McGill Office for Science and Society, “Tips for Better Thinking“,…
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Sunday House Call, #744, June 21, 2020: The Debunking Protocols. No, not another conspiracy theory but an evidenced-based treatise on how to respectfully counter misinformation by @CaulfieldTim.
Sunday House Call, #744, June 21, 2020 Topics today include: How to debunk misinformation by using a respectful, evidenced-supported, clear and concise approach. Tim Caulfield provides a guide here. Your flushable wipes are not so flushable yet profitable for your plumber. Your calls about COVID-19 and family visits Kidney stones COVID-19 treatments based on press…
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Sunday House Call, #737, May 3, 2020: The “#Infodemic”. A conversation with @CaulfieldTim about the explosion of #COVID19 pandemic misinformation.
Sunday House Call, #737, May 3, 2020: : The “Infodemic”. A conversation with Tim Caulfield about the explosion of COVID19 pandemic misinformation. Although snakeoil, the peddlers of scientific misinformation, and conspiracy theorists have been aplenty prior to the pandemic, it seems to have entered hyperdrive now. Many who promote evidenced-based principles are working overtime to…
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7-month-old fed “alternative” gluten and lactose-free diet starved to death
Health Headlines Commentary for May 23, 2017 Source: 7-month-old baby who weighed 9 lbs died from gluten, lactose-free diet, court hears