Here’s your evidence based sex ed TikTok for the day….let’s spread reliable info. ✌️ pic.twitter.com/nTHJyxUTum
— Mama Doctor Jones | Danielle Jones, MD (@MamaDoctorJones) January 14, 2020
Although medical professionals have long taken to social media to share healthy messages or promote their work, TikTok poses a new set of challenges, even for the internet adept. Popular posts on the app tend to be short, musical and humorous, complicating the task of physicians hoping to share nuanced lessons on health issues like vaping, coronavirus, nutrition and things you shouldn’t dip in soy sauce. And some physicians who are using the platform to spread credible information have found themselves the targets of harassment.
Source: New York Times