So, hey! Somethng you really shouldn't have to deal with, but really should! SD needs a policy on public health misinformation!

I can't believe I have to make this post, but I'm tired, boss.

As we get into flu/covid/rsv season, more and more threads are turning political.
Posters trying to tell others about deals on vaccinations, masks, insurance etc. get overrun by political opinion rather than fact. Kind of what used to happen with guns.
You solved that, can you make a policy to solve this?

A deals site should NOT be a place to debate public health, fact vs. opinion and become a conduit of misinformation.

The most recent thread about a credit to Sam's club for a flu shot was a shitshow.

I reported misinformation and general insults and stupidity, and was told by a mod it could stand, (which I thought was odd.)
The Mod advised "Please feel free to share your opinion in the thread or mark as unhelpful, if you wish. Thanks"
So, I did. Respectfully. Now the entire thread is gone.
What a complete and utter waste of everyone's time: Me, the mods, even the antivaxxers!

1. Science is not opinion.
2. Please stop letting SD become yet another conduit of public health misinformation.
3. PLEASE see #2. Again and again.

My fave post in the thread was a user stating "I remember when healthcare was not political". Speak it, internet stranger!

I come to SD to find great deals on things I absolutely do not need, coupons that are highly sus and contests that I never win. I don't come looking for is medical falsehood, political BS or shoddy modding leading to the dangerous practice of spreading public health misinformation. Period.

Maybe begin to have a conversation about this, please, asked respectfully by a longtime member who is just sick of this shit.

Have a nice day.