/oss/taxonomy/term/2026/all en /oss/article/videos/mercola-know-risks <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-y3n9lpiibu4" width="640" height="390" title="Mercola: Know the Risks" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/y3N9LpiibU4?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-y3n9lpiibu4&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Mercola: Know the Risks" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="">Video of Mercola: Know the Risks</iframe> </div> Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:34:44 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 10103 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health-pseudoscience/upside-down-doctor <p>Dr. Joe Mercola, an osteopathic physician who has made an impressive fortune selling supplements through his online store, has a new book out about the COVID-19 pandemic, a book which he co-authored with Ronnie Cummins, an organic food crusader. This book, as well as Mercola’s decades of peddling health misinformation on the Internet, exemplifies the dangerous blind spot of the wellness movement.</p> Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:40:54 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8757 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health/dozen-misguided-influencers-spread-most-anti-vaccination-content-social-media <p>You may have heard the myth that the COVID-19 vaccines make women infertile and that they have killed more people than the disease itself. This blatant and harmful misinformation does not appear out of nowhere on social media; it has to be crafted. Those images with the scary quotes are made by individuals who upload them to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for their followers to disseminate like mind viruses. There is something at once encouraging and deeply sad when you realize that all of this hazardous nonsense is the product of a very small group of influencers.</p> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:28:08 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8674 at /oss