Opinion or Fact?

1) An opinion is a thought or idea that anyone can have and voice as they feel necessary. Everyone is entitled to their own personal opinion and cannot be considered "wrong." A Fact is something that has been tested as a theory and has been proven to be right. No one can argue or disagree with facts, they just ahve to be accepted. Yes I believe that all opinions are valid. If we didn't listen, or honor other people's opinions we would be denying our ability to be better. Facts have a huge part in the way consumers make decisions. People are going to to their research to find the best products for them, and are going to trust what is beeing printed about the certain product. Opinions play a big part in what a consumer purchases also. People have their opinions on just about everything, and one person may have something against a certain company so they won't buy any of their products, although that company may still have the best all around product.
2) Autonomy and everyone having the right to the resources to the products they see necessary to their health goes hand in hand. Autonomy is having respect for others, and a part of showing respect for others is being honest and letting people into information essential to their health. Everyone wants to be healthy and they should have the right to know what products and services are available to them.
Beneficence is doing good to to others. as Public Health professionals are job is to help others and provde them with the toold necessary to make their own decisions when it comes to their health. I think that the majority of the health care professionals don't think that a free market is the best way to go, because the government needs to be involved one way or the other mainly for regulation purposes. Their has to be a standard set for products and services to give them credibility. These creditials are set by the FDA with the government behind them.
The third duty of Public Health professionals is to represent and stand for justice. This means standing up for what is right, and supplying the information necessary for consumers to make their own judgements. I there is going to be justice in the public health care system you can't just count on supply and demand to keep everything running smoothly. Like I said before, standards have to be set and met for things to work and this is a part of being just. You have to be honest and have integrity and this is the job of public health prfessionals.
3) Well when it comes to Twitter, radio, television and other media sources you mainly see the free market perspective and not so much of our publich health ethics. One engines like Twitter, it is all about personal experience and their own opinion and nothing more. Consumers are tweeting what they want to say, and they don't ahve to answer to anyone but themselves. Radio and television is a little more complicated because this in when media consolidation comes in. All radio sations and television channels are owned by large corporations. Therefore the opinions of the large corporations are going to reflect on that certain program or show. You see this alot in the products, services and people that certain sations will advertise. For example, a conservative television channel will run more ads for a republican canidate, rather than a liberal canidate. This can occur in your local news as well, certain storied will run while others won't some will be made to look more "shinny" than others and so on...Essentially if ou think about it, our news it rigged. The media is more concerned with making the money than telling the truth about products, therefore often overlooking obscuritives in order to get a bigger check. This is not the way of the ethics of the public health professionals. We want to inform consumers the truth, with disregards about the money matter.
The general public deserves and needs to know the truth about health care serivces and products. If they don't then many people are going to buy into scams and end up hurting themselves in the long run. I think that consumers need to take some initative and research products for themselves, yet if a product claims to be "Organic" it better actually be organic. Their has to be govern,ment regulation. Barriers from the public actually knowing the truth is shadowed by media consolidation. There has become a major issue with people who are money hungry and not getting the truth out because they are greedy. This is when we come in to take a stand for the general public and their health. After all, your health is your true wealth.