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Welcome To Being A Mini-Public Health Agency

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Canadian Animal Shelter & Community Medicine Association
January 23, 2022

By Dr. Linda Jacobson DVM I recently learned a new term: epistemic trespassing. “Epistemic trespassers are experts who pass judgment on questions in fields where they lack expertise.” (I don’t know the term for non-experts who pass judgment on questions in fields where they lack expertise!) We are all super-familiar with this behaviour during COVID-19. . . . read more

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