http://HealthMisinformationToolkitNon508
Good Morning Commissioned Corps Officers,
Earlier this year, Dr. Murthy issued the first Surgeon General’s Advisory of this Administration warning people about the urgent threat of health misinformation and calling for a whole of society approach to address it.
As the Administration enters the next critical phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, vaccinating children ages 5-11, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy today released a Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation to help Americans navigate the serious threat of health misinformation, especially online.
The Surgeon General’s Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation will provide communities with resources to help protect against this threat, helping to ensure that people across the country have access to science-based public health guidance as the country continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic. The toolkit is interactive and collaborative using accessible language and examples to help users understand and identify misinformation and disinformation.
Resources in the Community Toolkit include:
- A Health Misinformation Checklist to help evaluate the accuracy of health-related content;
- Tips on how individuals can talk to loved ones about health misinformation;
- An outline of common types of misinformation and disinformation tactics; and
- Reflections and examples of times individuals may have encountered misinformation.
For more information about the Office of the Surgeon General, please visit: www.surgeongeneral.gov.
Respectfully,
Denise M. Hinton
RADM, USPHS
Deputy Surgeon General