I think it’s hard for people in the general population to know who to trust and what message to trust. The biggest contribution we can make is to provide trustworthy information. Be an example as a leader. Whether you’re a health care provider or a head of a corporation, it’s important for all leaders in a community to follow and champion the science, follow the data. Responsibility extends to communities, also. I think it’s hard for people in the general population to know who to trust and what message to trust. The biggest contribution we can make is to provide trustworthy information. Be trustworthy and responsible; I think that’s the biggest kind of influence we can have.
You are a person of great influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be? You never know what your idea can trigger. :-)
I would like to see all people of influence talk about the data and the science, and to be trustworthy so that people in their communities can make better decisions. There’s a lack of trust in science in some segments of the population, but we have to find a way to regain it. I think that to do that, we need to depoliticize healthcare and follow the data. The outcomes of behaviors and courses of disease do not change based on personally held beliefs, but the way some of us perceive these things do.
So, if I can inspire a movement, it would about education and scientific literacy.