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Timothy Caulfield

@CaulfieldTim

Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and TV host. #GoScience #ScienceUpFirst
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This study will be a hit on X. I expect some creative responses.

Study links conservatism to lower creativity across 28 countries psypost.org/study-links-coโ€ฆ

'...conservative thinking, which emphasizes order, tradition, and predictability, has been suggested to potentially inhibitโ€ฆ

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The Best Diet for You? Here It Is mcgill.ca/oss/article/meโ€ฆ

'But while intermittent fasting is more convenient, it isnโ€™t necessarily better.'

'...when calories are held constant, intermittent fasting doesnโ€™t lead to more weight loss...'

Best diet: Healthy, sustainable, andโ€ฆ

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Health information on TikTok: biologicalsciences.uchicago.edu/news/health-inโ€ฆ

From study: 'Most nonmedical influencer-posted TikTok videos about sinusitis are inaccurate, despite being portrayed as medical advice/educational.'

'44% of the videos contained non-factual information.'

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Marketing of unhealthy food and beverages by social media influencers popular with Canadian children on YouTube, Instagram & TikTok ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/Pโ€ฆ

'Social media influencers play a substantial role in promoting unhealthy food products to children, primarily fast foodโ€ฆ

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How Can We Tackle AI-Fueled Misinformation and Disinformation in Public Health? bu.edu/ceid/2024/04/2โ€ฆ

'...misinformation about vaccines has skyrocketed, and the use of AI has only made this easier and cheaper.'

'...if someone searches for information about vaccines online,โ€ฆ

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We must target the root cause of misinformation. We cannot fact check our way out of this theguardian.com/commentisfree/โ€ฆ

'Polarising, controversial & sensationalist material performs well [on social media], and gets boosted accordingly.'

'...take people down algorithmic rabbitโ€ฆ

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'Alberta premier stands by pick of โ€™contrarianโ€™ chair to lead COVID-19 data review' edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/โ€ฆ via Edmonton Journal by Lisa Johnson

1) Having the government elevate a 'contrarian' view isn't about 'fresh eyes', it is the institutionalization of false balance /โ€ฆ

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Vaccines: Biomedicine's greatest achievement?

Weโ€™ve saved 154 million lives. Want to guess how? vox.com/future-perfectโ€ฆ by dylan matthews via Vox

'Vaccines caused 40 percent of the worldwide decline in infant mortality since 1974...'

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'Natural' or/and 'alternative' โ‰  safe or/and effective.

Poisoned at a '...'creative wellbeing centre' specialising in holistic and alternative practices...'

Rachael Dixon, 53, dies in suspected mushroom poisoning news.com.au/travel/travel-โ€ฆ

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Journalistic interventions matter: Understanding how Americans perceive fact-checking labels misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/journaโ€ฆ

'...theย perceived efficacy of third-party fact checker labels was the highest, which was higher thanย the perceived efficacy ofย algorithmic labels and other userโ€ฆ

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We have a radical democracy. Will Trump voters destroy it? wapo.st/49SWCxX via Washington Post Opinions

The Founders '...worried that the virtuous love of liberty and equality would in time give way to narrow, selfish interest.'

And, yep, that's is where we are now...

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Korean version of my book, Relax!

Available here: ์šฐ๋ฆฌ๋Š” ์™œ ์‚ฌ์†Œํ•œ ๊ฒฐ์ •์กฐ์ฐจ ์–ด๋ ค์›Œํ• ๊นŒaladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.โ€ฆ๐Ÿ™

Korean version of my book, Relax! Available here: ์šฐ๋ฆฌ๋Š” ์™œ ์‚ฌ์†Œํ•œ ๊ฒฐ์ •์กฐ์ฐจ ์–ด๋ ค์›Œํ• ๊นŒaladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.โ€ฆ๐Ÿ™
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Meet the private doctor to the wealthy โ€” at $40,000 a year cnb.cx/3xKVr6d by Robert Frank cc Samir Gupta

Hyper-personalized?

Reality: Much of biz = mostly science-free nonsense that likely does more harm than good.

Expensive, science-y sounding, wellness woo.

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Should You Get a Full Body MRI? youtu.be/CP4i2XkPS0Y?siโ€ฆ via YouTube

Sum: NO!

No evidence to support this emerging industry. And potential for harm (overdiagnosis, anxiety, personal & system costs, etc)

Thrilled to participate in this vid with my friend Samir Gupta!

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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 exampleโ€ฆ

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