Happy Pear breast cancer apology

2022 - 4 - 26

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Cancer Society urges people to get info from reliable sources ... (Irish Examiner)

The post was criticised by many, with surgeon Dr Liz O'Riordan saying that mushrooms, soy and a plant-based diet do not reduce your risk of getting breast ...

The Happy Pear never represents itself as a medical professional or medical expert. Some people are more at risk of cancer because of a genetic disposition or family history, while for others the reasons are simply unknown." Their guidance can always be relied upon due to their established professional expertise and reliance on fact-based and verified information." "The Happy Pear partners with many highly qualified and experienced medical practitioners and we always defer to their professional expertise and opinions. In it, among other things, they claimed that mushrooms could reduce the risk of breast cancer. "A diagnosis of cancer can happen to anyone and sadly the majority of cancers occur for reasons out of anyone’s control.

Watch: Happy Pear in more hot water over 'smirking' apology (Extra.ie)

Food influencers the Happy Pear – twins Stephen and David Flynn – have faced a backlash for 'smirking' in the video apology.

They’re literally smirking throughout the entire thing. Former breast cancer surgeon and breast cancer survivor Dr Liz O’Riordan criticised the initial video, saying: ‘Don’t believe everything you see. Appalling,’ tweeted Lucy O’Shea, a press officer with the HSE. Another Twitter user wrote: ‘Surely the Happy Pear don’t think that “apology” suffices.’ The statement went on: ‘The Happy Pear never represents itself as a medical professional or medical expert. We will endeavour to ensure that this does not happen again.’ ‘We sincerely apologise for any offence caused, it is never our intention to mislead or to misinform.

Happy Pear apology video blasted as 'appalling' after clip claiming ... (The Irish Sun)

AN apology video by food influencers The Happy Pear has been slammed as "appalling" online.The brothers - Davidand Stephen Flynn - were last wee.

But they’re caring guys with good hearts and do not deserve the hate & rage getting levelled at them." Appalling." They said: "This isn’t an apology.

Happy Pear apologise for 'factually wrong' breast cancer video (Lovin.ie)

The Happy Pear have issued apologies following some misinformation about breast cancer prevention that was spread on their podcast last week.

We will endeavour to ensure that this does not happen again." The statement added that The Happy Pear did not claim to be medical experts and that they [The Happy Pear] "partners with many highly qualified and experienced medical practitioners and we always defer to their professional expertise and opinions." We sincerely apologise for any offence caused, it is never our intention to mislead or to misinform."

Happy Pear twins apologise for errors in breast cancer post (Wicklow People)

Greystones twins David and Stephen Flynn of the Happy Pear have apologised after being heavily criticised for posting a video on social media suggesting ...

The Happy Pear never represents itself as a medical professional or medical expert. We will endeavour to ensure that this does not happen again.” Not helpful when wellness “influencers” like Happy pear implicitly blame breast cancer on diet, needlessly shames patients.”

Happy Pear Instagram apology for social media video on breast ... (Independent.ie)

The Happy Pear twins Stephen and David Flynn have apologised for causing upset after posting a video online suggesting ways to reduce the risk of developing ...

The WHO echoes this, saying it’s “at most 30pc”. “In the video they also tried to make an inference about the population about parts of Asia versus the population of Europe and there are massive differences in a lot of things there. Over video footage, a voiceover on the clip said: “One in seven women in the UK and other high-income countries will get a diagnosis of breast cancer in their lifetime, versus one in a hundred in Hong Kong and one in a thousand in China.