Wagner Darren N, Marcon Alessandro R, Caulfield Timothy
Health Law Institute, Faculty of Law, Law Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H5 Canada.
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2020 Sep 3;16:76. doi: 10.1186/s13223-020-00474-6. eCollection 2020.
"Immune boosting" is a trending topic during the COVID-19 pandemic. The concept of "immune boosting" is scientifically misleading and often used to market unproven products and therapies. This paper presents an analysis of popular immune-boosting posts from Instagram. Of the sampled posts, all promoted "immune boosting" as beneficial, nearly all involved commercial interests, and many used scientific and medical rhetoric in their messaging.
“增强免疫力”是新冠疫情期间的一个热门话题。“增强免疫力”这一概念在科学上具有误导性,常被用于推销未经证实的产品和疗法。本文对Instagram上流行的增强免疫力帖子进行了分析。在抽样的帖子中,所有帖子都宣传“增强免疫力”有益,几乎所有帖子都涉及商业利益,而且许多帖子在内容中使用了科学和医学术语。