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This study aimed to identify the opinions of doctors regarding the therapeutic information published on Facebook, especially its credibility, and the categories most at risk, such as those with chronic diseases and weakened immunity. It also aimed to determine the extent of compatibility and consistency of the therapeutic information published on Facebook with what patients should take during the COVID-19 outbreak, and the degree of danger of misleading news during the outbreak from the doctors' point of view. This study is considered one of the descriptive studies, to know the opinions of doctors on what was published on Facebook of therapeutic information during the COVID-19 outbreak. The study population consisted of doctors assigned to treat patients infected with COVID-19, whose number reached 300 doctors, as they had several centers, and now in the Hope Tower, Benghazi Medical Center. A simple random sample was relied upon due to the homogeneity of the community, and a questionnaire was distributed to them, and the number of individuals was 149, representing 50% of the community as a whole. The study showed a set of results, the most important of which is the credibility of the information published on Facebook about therapeutic information during the COVID-19 outbreak. The study revealed that the posts published on Facebook, especially those related to treating patients with weakened immunity during the COVID-19 outbreak, were agreed upon by the doctors' opinions. The study showed that the researchers confirmed that the misleading therapeutic information published on Facebook during the COVID-19 outbreak
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alsameea, Z. M. A. (2026). Alasala Journal, 3(13), 213–228. Retrieved from https://alasala.alandalus-libya.org.ly/ojs/index.php/aj/article/view/1678
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