Boston University
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Social media platforms allow people to form information silos with ease.
One major reason behind the s COVID-19 health misinformation is declining trust in science and gove US ment.
M Americans tion October 2023 rmation about COVID-19 vaccines alone cost the US economy an estimated April 2021 lion to $300 million per day in direct costs.
John O'Rourke: Lack of regulation of misinformation content on social media places the task of discerning what is true or false on individual users.
He says consumers can take steps to identify and prevent health misinformation spread.
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