CBC Manitoba: Doctors Manitoba warns about medical misinformation as it launches annual wellness campaign

Dr. Christen Rachul, who teaches in the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine, said the situation south of the border is concerning, but she feels as if she’s been here before.

Rachul, who has previously done research on how misinformation spread during the COVID-19 pandemic, said the sophisticated algorithms underlying social media make it extremely easy for people to get “stuck in silos,” where they’re constantly fed misinformation.

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