The person I am talking about is Dr. Palaniappan Manickam aka Dr. Pal, a board-certified gastroenterologist from Sacramento, California, who is also a YouTuber. He’s created various videos targeting Indian netizens, most of which are decent, but not without adding his own twist of misinformation, that are considered unscientific - some of them have been debunked here and here (auto-captions available).

I can’t help but think why YouTube would immediately remove videos that spread misinformation, but only when it affects the western world, but not the other part? Clearly, this guy’s video is in English, he participates in collaborations with other misinformation-peddling YouTubers - the consequences of which a few percent of the billion people in India have to face - which is still, a lot of people? Sure, you can complain that it is the responsibility of the Indian government - but they are themselves in this business of pseudo-science. When there’s no one taking responsibility, I can’t help but feel helpless about the lies people will hear.

Edit: And to why this matters, there’s an on-going case in the Supreme Court of India. Said “guru” sold Coronil kit, and mocked dying doctors. What did the kit do? It had high concentration of lead. Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips fought against it - and the system tried to punish him.

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    7 months ago

    I don’t think this question is in the spirit of c/asklemmy. Some recent posts which I think are in the spirit:

    • What are your favorite metal song covers?
    • What movie trailer ruined the movie with how much it revealed?
    • What are actual good movie trailers that get you hooked without spoiling everything?
    • Was there ever a internet comment that actually really hurt you?
    • What’s your best unconventional “blessing” like when people tell an actor “break a leg!”

    I’m not a fan of posts that use c/asklemmy as a catch-all community, but unfortunately the mods have gone AWOL.