Pharmacy Times August 25, 2023
Ashley Gallagher, Associate Editor

Investigators determined that there needs to be an evaluation of harm caused by pharmacy professionals who are in unique positions on social media, propagating misinformation about COVID-19, vaccines, treatment, masks, and other conspiracy theories.

Health care professionals representing a range of various medical specialties were found to spread COVID-19 misinformation, including about vaccination, treatment, and masks on social media and had a wide reach based on their number of followers, according to the results of a study published in JAMA Network Open.1

Investigators of the study determined that there needs to be an evaluation of harm caused by pharmacy professionals who are in unique positions on social media, propagating misinformation. They added that ethical and legal guidelines for misinformation are...

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