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Pictured: President Trump's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier
Source: CNN, Deidre McPhillips
Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing wasn’t the first time much of the American public met Dr. Nicole Saphier and heard her perspective; President Donald Trump’s nominee for US surgeon general is a health and wellness influencer who has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers through her podcast and social media platforms.
The Pew Research Center said in a report published this year that a significant share of the American public – 4 in 10 adults overall and half of those under 50 – now get their health and wellness information from social media influencers and podcasts.
But the center’s analysis of thousands of influencer profiles found a wide range of backgrounds, with less than half describing themselves as some kind of health professional. About 1 in 8 cite their personal experience in their social media bios, and nearly 1 in 6 do not mention anything about their background or expertise.
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