‘If we don’t, others will’: White House Covid adviser calls on doctors to combat a vacuum of medical information
Ashish Jha called on doctors to battle medical misinformation and disinformation, linking the continuing Covid death toll in part to such erroneous messaging.
WALTHAM, Mass. — The coordinator of the Biden administration’s Covid-19 response team called on doctors to take a leadership role with patients to battle medical misinformation and disinformation, linking the continuing death toll in part to such erroneous messaging.
Speaking to an audience of physicians at a conference near Boston Friday, Ashish Jha reminded them they are skilled at dealing with uncertainty, just as when they explain to a patient they don’t know whether what a medical scan shows will be terrible or not, but that they will guide them through it. The uncertainty of the pandemic is no different, he said, but since people have so many different sources of information to consult now, doctors need to step up.
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