A Jordanian doctor has warned that today the health security of communities faces an unprecedented threat that goes beyond the danger of viruses and epidemics, describing it as an 'epidemic of misinformation' that infiltrates through screens to kill consciousness before bodies.
Respiratory diseases consultant Dr. Mohammad Hassan Al-Tarawneh emphasized that the most dangerous thing currently facing the health sector is the 'flattening of science' and turning human health into a material for bargaining and digital commerce, explaining that scientific elites spend decades researching to save one life, while 'influencers' emerge offering magical recipes and unknown mixtures. One treats a stomach germ with a belly massage and another treats a spinal deviation with beatings, throwing the foundations of science to the wind, exploiting the patient's need to achieve cheap financial gains and view counts without any supervision.
In his bitter press statements, Al-Tarawneh questioned the failure in oversight standards, saying: 'Why are specialists held accountable for professional judgment, while 'reckless people' are allowed to practice premeditated murder under the guise of 'popular expertise' or 'digital advice?'
He pointed out that the real gap lies in the absence of 'aware legislative protection' that distinguishes between freedom of expression and a blatant attack on medical specialization.
The Jordanian doctor revealed distressing cases of families who abandoned global treatment protocols to follow a 'mirage' promoted by ignorant people on social media platforms, which led to the loss of the 'golden time' for treatment and patients falling into cycles of irreversible organic failure.
Al-Tarawneh called for a serious national stand based on three main pillars:
- Community Awareness: Realizing that the 'glare of screens' does not make a doctor, and the body is not a field for experimentation.
- Scientific Sovereignty: Restoring the prestige of science in the public sphere and putting an end to the dominance of non-specialists over medical professions.
- Strict Legislation: The necessity of having laws and deterrent penalties that pursue 'digital illusion mafias' instead of limiting ourselves to pursuing committed professionals.
Concluding, Al-Tarawneh said: 'Let's leave medicine to its people, and stop making paper heroes at the expense of human lives. When ignorance is armed with technology, it becomes a weapon of mass destruction that spares no one.'
