Chris Whitty: Why health misinformation spreads—and honesty about uncertainty is the answer

2025/11/13 by Mun-Keat Looi · 1 voice · 1 citation
Health Professions · Medicine · Social Sciences · #Data-Driven Disease Surveillance #Deception #Healthcare Systems and Challenges #Honesty #MEDLINE #Misinformation #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Questions and answers

paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.r2338

published in BMJ 391, r2338

openalex created_date 2025/11/13 · openalex publication_date 2025/11/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

England’s chief medical officer said in a recent lecture that misinformation has always accompanied medical progress—and that the battle is winnable if we can talk honestly about uncertainty

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• Looi M-K. Chris Whitty: Why health misinformation spreads—and honesty about uncertainty is the answer. TheBMJ: BMJ 2025; 391:r2338 doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... Though studies in science communication: publ [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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