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POV: Health Misinformation Is Rampant on Social Media (www.bu.edu)
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POV: Health Misinformation Is Rampant on Social Media::Monica Wang argues that health misinformation on social media is fueling the global anti-vaccination campaign and offers suggestions for how to combat it.

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[-] BongsForJesus@lemmy.wtf 53 points 9 months ago

I hate how everybody's misusing POV lately. It's just being thrown around without any relevant meaning or context, and if this trend continues it's going to fuck up my porn search results.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago

I didn't even notice POV in the title till you mentioned it. It's so overused that I must have ignored it

Why even, surely it doesn't increase engagement?

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

At least it's used correctly, in this case.

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