The spread of fear-mongering and unverified health claims for profit undermines public health and the quality of patient care.

“The reason why I started out in making this content trying to become the most followed doctor on social media was simply to compete with all these loud voices who are leading my patients astray.”

Promoting unscientific, dangerous alternative therapies as a cure for terminal cancer is highly irresponsible and puts vulnerable people's lives at risk.

“it is so dangerous and irresponsible to claim to people that it can and that it cured you when you don't even have it to begin with”

Health influencers and figures on social media often spread misinformation or lack nuance, which creates a duty for him to debunk false claims for the public.

“my job is to give people accurate info and if you're going to be one misleading them I'm going to be out there trying my best to correct it”

Dr. Noc asserts that presenting anecdotes instead of evidence is a primary red flag for medical misinformation.

“So anecdotes being presented in place of evidence is an immediate red flag. And there's a saying the plural of anecdotes is not data.”

Scott Hamilton Kennedy argues that well-intentioned individuals often fail to recognize the necessity of evidence and data, leading them to promote incorrect beliefs.

“I as a born and raised diehard liberal, I came to question my liberal brothers and sisters through that through that lens that it isn't just good intentions are not enough. You've got to have data. You have to have evidence. You have to have repeatability. You have to check yourself every so often.”

Dr. Pinsky argues that social media platforms like YouTube use inconsistent and poorly informed standards to label accurate or legitimate medical information as dangerous misinformation.

“YouTube creators accused me of spreading medical misinformation and took down two videos with a MD and a lawyer I've been a board certified physician for over 40 years twice as long as YouTube's been around”

Jimmy Dore claims that official sources and platforms label information as misinformation only when it conflicts with the interests of establishment bodies and pharmaceutical companies.

“so there's million there's Myriad things that you can say that's not true incorrect would be considered misinformation and a conspiracy but as long as it props up the establishment and big farm that's okay”