Physicians & Public Health Facing Misinformation

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“Hi there everyone. Just am curious how much of a problem the replication crisis is in medicine and biomedical science is in 2026. I will say despite having worked with public health scientists, most of my background is in a totally different area of science that only occasionally to rarely interacts with medicine and adjacent fields like public health. I remember books by physicians such as Ben Goldacre (who also has an MPH) talking about the lack of understanding of statistics amongst some phys”

“🚨 NOTE: I chose the "Expert Consensus" flair to gather hard data, medical guidelines, or peer-reviewed evidence to protect my high-risk newborn in a delicate family situation. Anecdotals and practical HVAC tips are welcome, but science-backed insights are highly appreciated! Thank you. Hi everyone, my wife and I are expecting our first baby soon. As a soon-to-be dad, I am facing a challenging dilemma regarding early allergen exposure, genetics, and indoor air quality for my upcoming n”

“I’ve explained this at least 15 times today already, and I just had 7 phone calls/face to face interactions in a row. So many denials for people I would think meet the criteria based on what they tell us and their rx history, and so many people I’ve had to explain if it goes through their Medicare-D we can’t bill the bridge program even though part D wants $800 because of their deductible. I’m already sick of this, so many confused providers/office staff, false promises from media and government”

“Hi all, Disclaimer, I've had bad experiences with dermatologists so that may taint my perspectives. I realize my experiences are shaped by my geography and are fully anecdotal. That is why I am seeking more opinions because I want to believe this is not the case everywhere. I dont mean to generalize or offend anyone, I am just expressing my perspective. I'm a medical student and dermatology was genuinly interesting. However, the dermatologists I have encountered in my own care and in tea”

“I thought you might all appreciate some epidemiological guidance. submitted by /u/molesen [link] [comments]”

“Thanks for the serious reply. So mine isn't an isolated case.”

Physician here (check my profile), comment is accurate

“Everyone with diarrhea is rushing to the ER wanting to know if they have this parasite. Obviously we’re not testing for cyclosporia. How are y’all handling this new wave of panic? submitted by /u/chickadeedeek [link] [comments]”

“The horror you're describing is real — a code on an 86-pound, 102-year-old body does exactly what you're picturing, and being the person ordered to do it is its own kind of injury. That distress is legitimate and I'm not going to argue you out of it. But I think two questions are getting fused that are worth pulling apart: whether MeeMaw's life still has value, and whether CPR is the right thing to do if her heart stops. Those aren't the same. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) only go”

“I am practicing in a state where confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis are on the rise. what is our plan? are we ordering stool studies? sending in something for parasites? i've had an influx of inbox messages from patients who cant leave the toilet. edited: to include name of parasitic infection, cyclosporiasis submitted by /u/dgaudet0609 [link] [comments]”

“I would keep this very simple at first, especially because health information gets messy fast. I’d separate stable entities from events: - Person notes: one per family member - Doctor notes: one per doctor/clinic - Medication notes: one per medication - Symptom notes: only for recurring symptoms worth tracking - Consultation/event notes: one per visit, call, test, or meaningful health event The most important part, in my opinion, is a “current state” section or note for each person. Old consulta”

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“Hello everyone! I've recently joined this important and helpful community and I'd like to make a small contribution by republishing some medical articles from open sources. What topics would you suggest for weekly publication? submitted by /u/HealthUnion2026 [link] [comments]”

“the obscure family history always gets me. they'll recount a cousin's neighbor's reaction to a drug from 1987 but won't describe what feels "off" right now”

“Right now, it’s a patient trying to blame their heart disease or aortic aneurysm on the COVID vaccine they had five years ago, rather than admitting that an A1C in the mid teens, elevated cholesterol, and not taking their BP meds may have played a part in it. I also hate how our monitors transfer over the very innacurate respiration counts from the EKG leads. Sometimes it’s a little while before I can go back and correct them it’s not uncommon to find a vented patient where is transferred over a”

“In military or para military situations, we use something called chain of command. "I have a question or concern" 1) Research your question/med/lab/etc, then ask someone next to you, this is usually a fellow floor nurse. 2) Ask a nurse with seniority 3) Ask your charge nurse (sometimes could be point number 2 as well) 4) Ask a mid-level, NP/PA if you have them around 5) Message the hospitalist or doc on duty. Night shift is it's own animal. They say there's people around to hel”

“could be but you sort of have to assume its real in case it is. assuming its bait when its real is definitely the worse of the two alternatives, and i personally prefer err on the side of caution”

“All the time. I lived in Georgia where we got hit really hard. People refused to mask or distance and whole families got wiped out. Now I live in Seattle and people ask me all the time why I left.”

“Due in a few weeks and we are asking all visitors to be up to date on vaccines (tdap and flu when flu season hits). Come to find out my fil is antivax and called me oversensitive and overprotective for trying to enforce the boundary of if you would like to hold him please be up to date. What age did you let your baby meet unvaxxed in-laws? submitted by /u/Comprehensive_Dig798 [link] [comments]”

“I am overthinking everything atm and would like to ask for some guidance about infections and guidelines and recommendations. My baby is now 9 weeks old and still not fully vaccinated and I am wondering if we need to avoid certain events or gatherings. Is it ok for other people to hold my baby? Is it ok for my baby to be around other babies? Is it ok for him to be around toddlers who go to a kindergarten? What about diseases that don't have vaccines,? You can see I am overthinking every step”

“It’s tough. I don’t want to say yes and imply that I’m agreeing with them. But I don’t want to say no and imply that I’m arguing with them. Usually, I flip-flop in my mind until it’s been a long time and now it’s too awkward to say anything.”

“I’m so confused. So police officers and nurses both say they knew the baby was alive and the doctor just overrode that? I get a doctor ending a futile code, but as a bedside nurse I can’t imagine nagging and tagging a live body just because a doctor said they’re dead despite them having a pulse. I’m sure this is missing info unless the doctor personally did postmortem care and brought the baby to the morgue, but I’ve never seen that happen.”

“To be fair, I’ve never worked ED, but I have worked PICU/Peds CVICU/NICU and I have never ever coded a child without every single person in the room with me dedicated to doing EVERY SINGLE THING to avoid patient death. The idea that there were signs of life noted by nursing and that baby still somehow ended up in the morgue completely goes against everything I’ve seen from people who work with children. That doctor must have had people completely shut down from their instincts”

“Yeah this has always been my experience. I'm really fortunate to have never been in a code with anyone who disagreed with the outcome and have always had doctors ask for real input.”

“I am only an X-ray tech. In late 2022 I saw a patient (30M) who was post ECMO from COVID. He was able to walk/talk/function and not on o2, however his lungs looked absolutely awful. Like x-raying the lungs of a corpse (which is done sometimes for a few reasons). He was on a wait-list for a double lung transplant. I am not aware of x-raying any other post ECMO patients.”

“This was a big factor in Australia too, having to treat unvaccinated people who would call you sheep or compare you to a certain world war dictator while you treated them”

“I would have thought the logical explanation would be fear of infection. It’s why a lot of nurses in Australia left the profession during Covid, they saw people get very ill and die and didn’t want to bring that virus home to their friends and family/”

“As you can see, I said “during Covid”. There’s lots of evidence that long covid and autoimmune diseases like me/cfs can cause sensory issues, but as far as I can tell, there’s no way I can pin it on that. It is either that, or being away from crowds and working online for a couple years brought out a noise sensitivity. I don’t know the exact cause, just when it started. Lots of people have had this experience (and worse).”

“I live in Moscow and have been dealing with health anxiety and OCD for a while. Lately, my main fear has been rabies. I know rationally that the risk is extremely low here — no human cases in over 20 years, and rabies in animals is very rare — but my brain won't let it go. I keep checking my body for scratches or marks, even though I don't remember any contact with animals. My OCD tells me I might have "forgotten" getting scratched, which I know doesn't make sense logically”

“Please no judgment. I had been doing a very delayed vaccine schedule with my baby because I have anxiety about vaccines. I have an older brother who, in the 70's, had seizures following vaccines (my mother speculates), and he has been developmental delayed my whole life. I was not raised anti vaccine and I received all my immunizations. I am also not anti vaccine. I am just afraid. My whole life, I have heard my mom talk about how alert and bright my brother was until he got sick. My son is”

“I think I followed this doctor but I didn't check what was written on his bio. It literally says "Root cause medicine" insinuating that other MD's only do symptom based medicine? Whatever that means. I don't understand this new era of healthcare professionals trying to sell themselves online. Another thing what the hell is board certified in intergrative medicine? Is there a residency/fellowship for that? submitted by /u/SoftReset26 [link] [comments]”

“I am desperately seeking someone who could do teleheath calls or consulting over video. My wife is taking a 100% no vaccine stance and I have a 2.5 month old son. Any resource to point me in the right direction. I need someone who she can ask questions to who is highly informed. We saw a pediatrician together from a major hospital and he just made things worse, took a very lazy approach about it, incorrectly stated stats. submitted by /u/mjkid23to [link] [comments]”

“After explaining the common characteristics of a disease to the patient, do you give them some summary material to take home? submitted by /u/Used-Wrongdoer8486 [link] [comments]”

“Here's my dad PSA that comes from a medical emergency that put us within minutes of losing our 3 week old son if not for the amazing pediatric ER staff at our local hospital... * \ Do not disregard a low temperature when your gut tells you that your child is sick.*\ ** Tldr of the medical emergency... Baby was fussy for a day before he essentially stopped eating. Went to the pediatrician who sent us to the ER because he thought his heart rate was too fast. Things deteriorated rapidl”

“Pt came in to get a non live vaccine yesterday and pt stated that he is on Humira. I didn't think much of it because it's a non live vaccine. But after doing some research some drs recommend pts to hold off on Humira because it's an immunosuppressive drug which makes vaccines less effective. Should I contact the pt to contact his dr? submitted by /u/1000dingleberries [link] [comments]”

“How is this allowed to happen? It appears the FDA and state boards are more concerned with capitalist ventures than the pursuit of safety. submitted by /u/publixpharmer [link] [comments]”

“Hello. Im a ftm and Im looking to find out the risk of visiting my family in a week. Just found out one of my family members still has not gotten their RSV shot and unsure when the last TDAP was given. Is it okay to still go and visit safely or should I reschedule? submitted by /u/Clean-Jackfruit9559 [link] [comments]”

“Anyone else seeing a large increase in tick borne illness patients being hospitalized? Just this past week saw Lyme, alpha gal, and two cases of ehrlichiosis submitted by /u/Ok-Restaurant-7752 [link] [comments]”

“https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15287394.2026.2673183 With the original article published in 2010 and the retraction only now happening 16 years later, it is welcome that the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health has finally looked into the matter, doing so 5 months after RFK Jr.'s ACIP voted to drop the HBV vaccination-at-birth recommendation The universal HBV vaccine recommendation has been science-backed for decades, with demonstrated benefits by cutting down the num”

“I'm literally REQUIRED to go over side effects AND give the patient a Vaccine Information Sheet in their own language before I give any vaccine. I've always warned patients about potential side effects. I've rarely had a problem. "Yes, this could happen, however I don't expect it to." They rarely have the problem but if they do, "Wow, I did not expect that but I'm glad you told me. Here's what we can do to help with that."”

“Tell me about it. I work in public health. In a vaccination clinic. I still have to deal with people who think its better to take ivermectin than get a covid vaccine.”

“Its the same everywhere. Actually much worse in India where I come from. The hobbyists, the exotics salesmen, the random Instagram keeper who has no degree but 15k followers and some money, they're all the same. Everyone has a say, and think they know best when in reality they can't find the heart rate or even know how to take a fecal swab of a dog, forget a bearded dragon.”

“There's a case where the coroner ruled a suicide as caused by a vitamin deficiency because essentially the parents spent 7 years arguing for it despite incredibly thin evidence. Man, I get it, but also boy does it muddy the science. Maybe these inquests shouldn't be public if loved ones can't handle the truth or if the professionals can't handle this kind of conflict? I dunno.”

“I haven’t seen specific medical studies with it. In the past couple months there have been some stories about it. It seems cutting edge enough that you would have to partner with a university to get the most effective tech.”

“ID here, glad to see another medical society push for science based guidelines. I’ve been around long enough to see pregnant women die with H1N1/flu, RSV, and COVID, plus neonatal deaths with RSV and pertussis both of which have regional outbreaks about every 5 years. Nothing earth shattering about these recommendations aside from the fact the society had to actually *make * the recommendations in the first place. These are all well known prevention and risk mitigation strategies that history an”

“I imagine the Abryso timing recommendations had to do with the fact that when they did studies, there was a slight risk of preterm labor in the study population (which is why they have the gestational age restrictions that they do) – I imagine as we get more information on its use in the widespread population, if that PTL risk appears to be low that the risk/benefit ratio of extending the season past January would make more sense. Wonder when we’re going to get more follow up data from Pfizer… A”

“Thank you. Most don't want to get it. . Thats why this chat exists. I was hopeful you were one of the truth seekers and able to consider other things that people on this chat do not know. I am sure if you keep your open mind and look for the evidence you will find it.”

“I may not be able to get this, but thanks for your contribution to the world wide web”

“Worked at a nursing home for 11 years and no. We had a few patients with the big one and that's it. Assisted livings/ independent livings are probably more likely to have them because they are more independent.”

“I disagree on generalizing that to all panels - there are definitely clinically useful panels. Eg for antiphospholipid syndrome, a panel that orders anti-cardiolipin, B2G IgG and IgM and lupus anticoagulant would be completely reasonable and there are very few cases you don't want all of these ordered. The problem is we've used broad panels for simplicity/ease of use that vastly overtest people needlessly. When it comes to food allergy, you wouldn't be negligent for ordering more all”

“Nah, video isn't even needed. Just data and a paper and published in a medical journal. Get a researcher to run the trial and publish it. Example: Have two rooms, A and B. Have one person with the disease in one room [person X]. Have one person without the disease in another room [person Y] (the control). Have regular people enter room A first. Monitor for symptoms. Then have a different group of regular people enter room B first. Monitor for symptoms. Swap both groups of regular people, per”

“I'm just saying that its the reasoning given by the pediatrician if you read the original post. It’s standard protocol apparently for any blood or fluid exposure. If I were in her position I would follow whatever the pediatrician says because I didn't do years of training on the subject like she did.”

“I donated a lot of milk to a local milk bank and had to go through RIGOROUS blood tests. I was surprised all the diseases they tested me for, a lot I didnt even know the name of. Also any dates I took medication, i couldn’t donate the milk - for example when I took antibiotics for mastitis.”

“I assume she meant well, to protect young people from the risk of serious illnesses, based on her beliefs about what causes them. However, such a presentation should be vetted by a medical professional to avoid spreading misinformation and to avoid promoting patient-blaming. Patients already have to cope with doctors who blame them for their conditions, based on false assumptions about lifestyle choices and causes of symptoms. To encourage the belief that all chronic conditions are caused by poo”

“The American Psychiatric Association does not recommend ESA for the treatment of any mental disorder. The entire ESA thing is layperson driven. So I can't really even justify it with any legitimate "medical treatment." I've never once treated a patient for anxiety and said "I'm going to start you on zoloft, refer you to counseling, and I want you to get an ESA." And I'm not going to start writing letters just to get people out of legitimate fees and contracts”

“Why do you believe they don’t have the virus? What is the name of this antiviral?”

“Yeah totally. Those experimental Chinese peptides, obtained via questionably legal sources, labeled “RESEARCH USE ONLY- NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION” are definitely safe for humans to inject.”

“Vaccines are available in Europe for decades https://preview.redd.it/phty54eou86h1.png?width=416&format=png&auto=webp&s=d963ce8138e84719512f61eaa3e64d77c256b56c Like already said above: advertising like this is in every pharmacy here. The translation is: "Ticks: get vaccinated here" .... although I don't know if ticks can read this ;o) US big pharma is making billions on Ozempic and opioids - why reserve production capacity for vaccines? That would be loosing money!”