COVID-19 and Vitamin D Misinformation on YouTube: Content Analysis

@xgigglypuff There were conspiracy theories that cholecalciferol would somehow positively affect COVID-19 or even protect against it. https://t.co/NuwWpVm3L4

@opensaucez @willPS21 @TheCornishPasty @Headbanger215 @etem422 @MaxDippyDog @YourFerntasy @yawlnellie10 @Creativologist @Questio31810600 @apocalypse_boss @SwaledaleMutton @ButHisEmails @Similar89 https://t.co/isJDKSNzjb

@CraigKellyPHON That's been long-debunked, Craig. https://t.co/hcAkGXhcLJ

@RadioCarpenter @yeahnaa333 @Zulfi5525 @lindayaX @ThierryBreton @elonmusk @VPrasadMDMPH @gorskon You distrust "government narrative" but presume big corporations such as Google vet content for accuracy. That is wrong. Note this analysis of C19 disinformat

@drsimonegold That there weren’t any treatments or preventatives other than the shots https://t.co/ZSPKvCZE5e https://t.co/egTqZOeub4 https://t.co/N2yeNtiQFR

@DonnaGay8989 @StevenWilson777 Feel free to ignore all the evidence that Vit D & Zinc has no effect on Covid 19. https://t.co/fPMjC27pRM https://t.co/lS1tw9spTJ https://t.co/E7kzDY43jv https://t.co/kXqh3YFgG9 https://t.co/Ga5aLehmcP https://t.co/hizV6

@DonnaGay8989 @StevenWilson777 It does not help against covid 19. Your immune system relies on T-Cells & B-cells to fight infections. Covid 19 kills T-cells & B-cells. https://t.co/hizV6yKWz1 https://t.co/fPMjC27pRM https://t.co/Ga5aLehmcP https:

@RobbStoneStar @VigilantFox @joerogan https://t.co/pA5xhW0x0M https://t.co/j2IS12mDSs For example.

@chrismartenson 2020 NIH analyzed social media account holders (including doctors) of spreading disinfo were 'investigated' "Health professionals are a significant source of misleading information on the relationship between vitamin D and COVID-19 infectio

RT @CaulfieldTim: @DavidStaplesYEG @CarrieTait @jonathanstea @DocMCohen @KatharineSmart @MoriartyLab @ScienceUpFirst @DeNovo_Fatima @Jillia…

@DavidStaplesYEG @CarrieTait @jonathanstea @DocMCohen @KatharineSmart @MoriartyLab @ScienceUpFirst @DeNovo_Fatima @JillianHortonMD @jvipondmd @ImogenRCoePhD @CANImmunize Nope. Evidence messy. Certainly not at pt where relevant to vaccine use! - https://t.c

@Nian4 @Nobi0013 @Ralfwi1 @wo2505 Vitamin D hilft nicht gegen Covid: -> https://t.co/aeGcdxfd8B

@EwanMacKenna I did, it was deemed that information on Vitamin D was misleading and could lead to health problems for some. https://t.co/zmdJvjoUAQ

How COVID-19 and vitamin D misinformation was presented on YouTube. 77 videos with a combined 10,225,763 views were included in the analysis, with over three-quarters of them containin... https://t.co/5hk5aB3rI5 #covid19 #health #tech

RT @centinel5051: Ejemplo de información sin rigor difundida masivamente por redes (YouTube), sobre vitamina D y covid: https://t.co/3PI5WY…

How COVID-19 and vitamin D misinformation was presented on YouTube. 77 videos with a combined 10,225,763 views were included in the analysis, with over three-quarters of them containing misleading content about COVID-19... #covid #quarter #misinformation h

Check out this fascinating article https://t.co/T7yiaorKSU

1/ How COVID-19 and vitamin D misinformation was presented on YouTube. 77 videos with a combined 10,225,763 views were included in the analysis, with over three-quarters of them containing misleading content about COVID-19 and vitamin https://t.co/XXxiuMxb

Ejemplo de información sin rigor difundida masivamente por redes (YouTube), sobre vitamina D y covid: https://t.co/3PI5WYMFMt

Verdad científica y calidad de la (des)información en las redes sociales. Os dejo un link sobre la información de #vitaminaD y #Covid19 en #youtube. Un trabajo muy interesante. Ojo, los profesionales sanitarios no salimos bien parados. https://t.co/YckaNlm

Evidence grows that the 'Sunshine Vitamin' ☀️, while vital for your health, is not your best shield against #COVID19. MDs,scientists who tell you that it is, are not keeping up with the #science. #vaccines #masks

RT @CaulfieldTim: @TheSGEM @Cotic @GidMK There have been numerous studies showing that #VitaminD unlikely to be helpful in context of #COVI…

RT @CaulfieldTim: @TheSGEM @Cotic @GidMK There have been numerous studies showing that #VitaminD unlikely to be helpful in context of #COVI…

RT @CaulfieldTim: @TheSGEM @Cotic @GidMK There have been numerous studies showing that #VitaminD unlikely to be helpful in context of #COVI…

RT @CaulfieldTim: @TheSGEM @Cotic @GidMK There have been numerous studies showing that #VitaminD unlikely to be helpful in context of #COVI…

@TheSGEM @Cotic @GidMK There have been numerous studies showing that #VitaminD unlikely to be helpful in context of #COVID. Example recent preprint https://t.co/3vNSWtS14s And so my D-HYPE out there (see our study: https://t.co/M8fLfxgUuQ). See nice su

RT @srmarcon: Unsurprising: Vitamin D promoted with preventable + curable qualities for #COVID19 on #YouTube Surprising?: "major contribu…

Unsurprising: Vitamin D promoted with preventable + curable qualities for #COVID19 on #YouTube Surprising?: "major contributors to these videos were medical professionals with YouTube accounts" Our study led by @liz272 @EmmaKQuinn cc: @CaulfieldTim

@GidMK ...and Vitamin D is a never ending source for spreading misinformation: https://t.co/OVOA7Gtud8

Spannend, wieviel Unsinn über #VitaminD zur Prävention/Bekämfpung von #Covid19 auf #YouTube verbreitet wurde: https://t.co/YdrgSawHjL

So bad, really confused who to trust. Much advocate about #VitaminD is promoted by doctors and scientists (whose channels are subscribed by millions).

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

Literally every vitamin D study out there

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

RT @CaulfieldTim: More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation,…

More bad news for #VitaminD. No benefit for prevention of #COVID. There has been a huge amount of hype, #misinformation, and misleading marketing around this topic. (See our recent study on misleading #YouTube content https://t.co/M8fLfxgUuQ) cc @liz272

COVID-19 and Vitamin D Misinformation on YouTube: Content Analysis https://t.co/uYiRUcatHe

RT @marco_zenone: Vitamin D & COVID-19 misinformation on YouTube - 3/4 videos contained misleading information. Videos viewed over 10m+ tim…

Vitamin D & COVID-19 misinformation on YouTube - 3/4 videos contained misleading information. Videos viewed over 10m+ times. Scary to think this study could be replicated for literally hundreds of other misinformed treatments across so many conditions.

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @liz272: Vitamin D bunk is nothing new, and in this new study we found that COVID isn’t “immune” to that bunk! 👀 https://t.co/dGaVkuwN49…

COVID-19 and Vitamin D: Misinformation on YouTube: Content Analysis https://t.co/OHZ3OFhENe via @liz272 et al

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @EmmaKQuinn: Thanks to @liz272 @CaulfieldTim @srmarcon @SajjadFazel and the rest of our team for making another COVID-19 misinformation…

RT @liz272: Vitamin D bunk is nothing new, and in this new study we found that COVID isn’t “immune” to that bunk! 👀 https://t.co/dGaVkuwN49…

RT @liz272: Vitamin D bunk is nothing new, and in this new study we found that COVID isn’t “immune” to that bunk! 👀 https://t.co/dGaVkuwN49…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @liz272: Vitamin D bunk is nothing new, and in this new study we found that COVID isn’t “immune” to that bunk! 👀 https://t.co/dGaVkuwN49…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @liz272: Vitamin D bunk is nothing new, and in this new study we found that COVID isn’t “immune” to that bunk! 👀 https://t.co/dGaVkuwN49…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

JMIR Infodemiology - COVID-19 and Vitamin D Misinformation on YouTube: Content Analysis ⁦@CaulfieldTim⁩ ⁦@jkwan_md⁩ ⁦@jvipondmd⁩ ⁦@DocMCohen⁩ https://t.co/YGhaDrcU8m

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

RT @CaulfieldTim: Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or cu…

Our new study: #COVID19 and #VitaminD #Misinformation on #YouTube: https://t.co/iXxU3kRsxQ 85% state preventative or curative abilities. Nope. "Spread of misinformation is particularly alarming when spread by medical professionals." cc @DrJenGunter @ae