Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
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Common missteps include failure to proclaim uncertainty, fake consensus, prioritizing health over truth, failure to own mistakes, not addressing misinformation credibly and empathetically, and politicization.