Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by umvi on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:50AM
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> The real problem is that people are looking for solid medical advice on YouTube
The thing is... solid medical advice does exist on YouTube, so it's not entirely unreasonable to go looking for it there!
"Just go to your doctor"
Yes well, a) that's not free in America while YouTube is, and b) your local doctor could have been bottom of his class, you have no way of knowing. It's like saying don't watch world class programmers on youtube, hire a local programmer instead.
The thing is... solid medical advice does exist on YouTube, so it's not entirely unreasonable to go looking for it there!
"Just go to your doctor"
Yes well, a) that's not free in America while YouTube is, and b) your local doctor could have been bottom of his class, you have no way of knowing. It's like saying don't watch world class programmers on youtube, hire a local programmer instead.