{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Doctor Mike on Why Ceding the Internet Is a Public Health Threat","description":"When people receive a medical diagnosis or experience a new symptom, the first thing many of us do is reach for our phone. If a doctor isn\u2019t available to provide an answer, someone else is. On&amp;nbsp;The Dose podcast, host Dr. Joel Bervell talks with Dr. Mike Varshavski, a primary care physician with more than 30 million social media followers, about what it takes to fight health misinformation at scale, what health institutions still get wrong about social media, and why entertainment and education aren\u2019t opposites. Doctor Mike, as he\u2019s known, didn\u2019t set out to become a popular online figure. He says he was driven to act as he watched misinformation fill a space that medicine was too cautious to engage with. \u201cWe trust you to cut people open, to prescribe all these medicines that have potential side effects \u2014 but we don\u2019t trust you to make a video on the subject you\u2019re an expert on,\u201d he says, describing the double standard physicians face online. Show Notes: The Checkup with Doctor Mike ","author_name":"The Dose","author_url":"https:\/\/thedose.show","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40901230\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/024b7f\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40901230"}