The current information environment is chaotic, filled with health misinformation linked to political identity, leading to a serious challenge in public discourse. Trust in science and health authorities is waning due to the proliferation of falsehoods, affecting how people view health issues like vaccines and reproductive care. Misinformation constitutes a tool for discrediting health professionals, complicating efforts to communicate facts. Additionally, any attempts to counter misinformation are often seen as threats to free expression, further complicating the discourse around health topics.
Once a topic becomes a proxy for political principles, the discourse becomes nastier, and it is more difficult to change minds.
Health disinformation has become a deliberate instrument to attack and discredit scientists and health professionals for political gains.
The more distrust deepens, the more difficult it becomes to find voices the public can trust to challenge the lies.
Efforts to understand or call out the harms of misinformation are being maligned, often by suggesting it is a thinly veiled attempt to erode freedom of expression.
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