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footcandlez t1_it4841n wrote

So their conclusion is that public health experts should "better monitor the online environment" but isn't it on the app to prevent the dissemination of this information in the first place? Or is it so that public health professionals can be generally aware of the types of misinformation that exist out there?

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D_Welch t1_it52vkh wrote

To a large extent its good to have this platform so we can identify the misinformation that exists in the first place. But really, what is the underlying problem here? That misinformation is being spread, or that our population is not educated well enough to properly respond to it?

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footcandlez t1_it7rgfb wrote

We may be better able to intervene in the spread, whereas the education of the populace is intractable.

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D_Welch t1_it9l324 wrote

Both are intractable - one of them is a path to move forward and build a better world. The other is just putting out fires. IMHO of course.

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