For better or worse, a lot of people get important information from social media, particularly since COVID-19 arrived. 'You never knew who was going to be the next leading health care voice,' said radiation oncologist Fumiko Chino.
For better or worse, a lot of people get important information from social media, particularly since COVID-19 arrived.said Fumiko Chino, a radiation oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
The accounts of multiple doctors, scientists, and patient advocates — even those with a blue verification badge — were suspended and factual health tweets flagged as false under the platform's misinformation policy — a problem experts say hurts the credibility of the field,Many of the tweets have since had the misinformation labels removed, and the suspended accounts have been restored, per the Post.