Doctors are getting attacked online


Social media might become one more way that women are weeded out, Dr Jain says, if they leave online platforms because of harassment. — TNS

THE first troll Dr Shikha Jain encountered was angry about vaccines.

The person responded a few years ago to Dr Jain’s tweet about getting a flu vaccine with a message criticising her appearance and telling the doctor she obviously didn’t know anything about medicine.

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