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(Canada’s doctor shortage drives 37% online for medical advice: poll -
https://globalnews.ca/news/10969560/canada-doctor-shortage-drives-people-online-medical-advice-poll/ “A new poll suggests more than a third of Canadians say they have no choice but to seek health information online because they don’t have access to a doctor, further highlighting challenges posed by an ongoing physician shortage.
Twenty-three per cent of those surveyed said following health advice they found online resulted in a bad reaction or had a negative impact on their health.” #misinformation
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