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Answer Overview

Response rates from 245 Kaikoura voters.

50%
Yes
50%
No
44%
Yes
34%
No
4%
Yes, this will decrease the amount of misinformation patients receive
10%
No, but the doctors should be required to disclose that the advice contradicts contemporary scientific consensus
2%
Yes, and the doctors should also lose their medical license
3%
No, only when the advice was proven to harm the patient
2%
No, scientific consensus can quickly change and patients should be allowed to try unconventional ideas

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from Kaikoura voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @9FV9PNRanswered…1yr1Y

covid advice was misinformation, and bad science based on cooperate greed and gain. doctors lost license by saying not to get the shot which is 100% understandable

 @9DK5XRYanswered…1yr1Y

No but doctors should be held responsible if there are any adverse impacts on their patients who took the advice.

 @9DGGGXJanswered…1yr1Y

No, as so long as the advice is found to be reasonable and is in the patients best interest, not the Governments.

 @9DF8H58answered…1yr1Y

Yes, they are supposed to protect lives not put them at risk. This pandemic many have aided in causing a lot of harm and division.

 @9D87P92answered…1yr1Y

Yes as long as it did not prevent practitioners putting forward evidence based questions or considering reasonable alternatives eg. dessicated thyroid vs synthetic T4, where there is strong evidence to support discussion and putting options forward; in regards to spreading false or misinformation such as those sadly shared about COVID-19 this is a definite yes!

 @9D85JWTanswered…1yr1Y

Should only penalize if it is clearly is not the best interest of the patient.
Either way the doctor shall disclose that this is not contemporary scientific consensus.
More importantly, if a alternative is disused the doctor shall give evidence why this method is effective.