Podcast: Navigating Health Misinformation and Building Trust in Evidence-Based Medicine (Part Two)
By
The Economist
Soft in all the wrong places. Take with a strong tea.
Summary
This is a podcast episode description about health misinformation in the digital age. The second of two episodes, it features journalist Helen Pearson discussing how scientists build consensus and how that can help people navigate confusing, social-media-driven health advice. The episode focuses on building trust in evidence-based medicine amid widespread online misinformation.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThere's a lot of medical misinformation online.
How do you know who, or what, to trust?
We discuss how scientists build consensus and what that can teach the rest of us about navigating an era of confusing, social-media-driven health advice.
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