Call for Stories and Research on Health ‘Misinformation’
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for research, data, and personal experiences related to ‘health misinformation’, in an effort to deepen our collective understanding of its sources and impact.
Why is this important?
During the pandemic, many of us have been exposed to health misinformation— information that is false, inaccurate, or misleading according to the best available evidence at the time. It can be really hard to know what is true amidst all this misinformation.
Health misinformation has caused confusion and led people to decline COVID-19 vaccines, reject public health measures such as masking and physical distancing, and use unproven treatments. It has also led to harassment of and violence against public health workers, health care workers, airline staff, and other frontline workers.
In 2021 Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a Surgeon General’s Advisory on Confronting Health Misinformation, accompanied by a toolkit for community leaders.
As the next step in this work, and as part of an ongoing dialogue with the American public, the Surgeon General is now putting out a Request for Information (RFI) on the Impact of Health Misinformation in the Digital Information Environment in the United States Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.
What is a Request for Information?
A Request for Information (RFI) is a tool for engaging with the public and gathering input from a variety of voices. It will aid us in learning about the issue of health misinformation and how best to address it.
The Surgeon General’s RFI on the Impact of Health Misinformation in the Digital Information Environment in the United States Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic provides a platform to discover new information, consolidate existing knowledge, and elevate stories of how people’s lives have been affected by health misinformation.
How will this information be used?
Stories and information submitted to the RFI will be used to prepare for and respond to future public health crises. As part of the RFI process, public comments and submissions will also be made available to the public and can be used for research purposes.
We will share what we learn through the RFI process directly with the public at surgeongeneral.gov/RFI.
Who should participate?
You! This is an opportunity to have your voice heard, no matter who you are: a researcher studying the issue, a health care worker, or someone who has seen the effect of health misinformation on their loved ones or community. No dataset is too big and no story is too small. We want to hear from you!
How can I participate?
To view the full RFI, visit the page on Regulations.gov and click “Download file.” To submit, click the “Comment” button to submit your comment(s). All questions are optional.
- Questions 1 and 2 are about the impact of misinformation on healthcare.
- Questions 3-6 are about the relationship between health misinformation and technology platforms.
- Question 7 is about the impact of health misinformation on communities.
See more here: hhs.gov
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Doug Harrison
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This is commonly known as phishing I believe.
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Doug Harrison
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I believe my comment above is applicable to both the article and the first comment.
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VOWG
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The primary source of misinformation is from the government and fools like Murthy.
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Roseann Caruso
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Do not provide one iota of “misinformation ” to this Cabal of Leftists. They are looking for non believers and will come to your door. Covid has become another religion ready to wield to reek havoc, when necessary to control those pesky CITIZEN PEONS.
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itsme
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Let’s rewrite this bit:
‘Health misinformation has caused confusion and led people to decline COVID-19 vaccines, reject public health measures such as masking and physical distancing, and use unproven treatments. It has also led to harassment of and violence against public health workers, health care workers, airline staff, and other frontline workers.’
The reality:
Goverment Health misinformation has caused frustration and led people that do real research to decline dodgy COVID-19 gene editing inoculations, reject public health measures such as dangerous masking and useless physical distancing, and aimed to use proven treatments like vitamins, ivermectin ect. It has also led to harassment and violence against people that can see the fraud for what it is, and are attacked by health workers, health care workers, airline staff, police and others, including naive uninformed frontline workers.
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Dave
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Here’s story, in 1990 the CDC told me there was no such thing as Lyme disease. That it was just a “conspiracy theory”. Well that “conspiracy theory” ruined my life. If I hadn’t found a great Doctor, I might not be here today. Glad I didn’t listen to them then, and I don’t now.
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Eric the Red
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Now you see what happens when you hand over your society to multiculturalism and diversity. The first thing you get is people like Murthy who are eager to take revenge on traditional whites for whatever supposed crimes were done to his native culture in the past.
The second thing is summed up by the following:
You can have equality or quality, but you can’t have both.
US society is dead, and it’s Empire of Lies and Leftism is helping it to commit suicide.
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