If people didn't buy it... would ...

If people didn't buy it... would it die out? Why do people buy into the health misinformation?

Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance por Scientific Health: Education and Human Performance
T1 · E158
9 sept 2025
27:04

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Misinformation and disinformation are nothing new, as the saying goes: A lie spreads around the global many times before the truth gets out of bed. But when people with power are spreading the lies and the rate of spread by which the lie spread means that not only has the amount of lies gotten worse but the depth of misinformation has become more pervasive than in recent history. Leading to a lack of information that impact not only their personal health decisions. but are decisions that impact all of us.

But why do we buy the misinformation and what is the problem with us buying into the misinformation? Well, let’s talk about that….

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health
wellness
education
bias
evidence
disinformation
misinformation
health literacy
social media
myths
scientific literacy