I, like most OB-GYN physicians nationwide, received a very strange email from the Office of the Surgeon General through the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
“The Office of the Surgeon General is seeking input from providers on the impact and prevalence of health-related misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a ‘Request for Information’ (RFI), the Surgeon General is looking to gather personal experiences related to health misinformation from various stakeholders to further understand its sources and to better prepare for and respond to future public health crises.
“Sincerely, the ACOG Government Relations team.”
Before I begin, you must know that most physicians have received many other strange emails from their hospitals, medical associations, and such. I have even received an email from my chairperson “suggesting” how I should vote on medical issues and who to vote for on the hospital committees. This one is the strangest of them all. It makes one start to wonder what world we live in. What is “health care misinformation” and what is the government’s role? Are we being asked to be informants?
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