WestVirginiaRebel Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Just The News U.S Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently asked the public how COVID-19 misinformation "in the digital information environment" had affected health outcomes, trust in the healthcare system and "likelihood to vaccinate," among other issues. According to vaccine and healthcare policy experts who joined with Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, the misinformation is coming from inside the house. They filed a comment in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proceeding, accusing the CDC and other health organizations of promoting falsehoods and shoddy research that "shattered the public's trust in science and public health," which will "take decades to repair." Rokita and epidemiologists Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford School of Medicine and Martin Kulldorff, formerly of Harvard Medical School, also took aim at official government figures for COVID deaths that are repeatedly cited in the media. "The government spent close to $5 trillion fighting COVID-19, but still can't provide Hoosiers with an accurate number of deaths or hospitalizations from COVID-19," Rokita said in a press release. ________ But we have to "trust the science..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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