We have evolved a consumer lifestyle around the central idea that it is far easier to convince someone of the value of a thing than it is to put the real value on it. We can only estimate its value against our desire to have it. We can point to the consumer lifestyle and say that we are none the worse for it. However, misinformation creates doubt. When we are continually faced with things that we know to be wrong, we can easily begin to doubt everything.
Doctors are killers.
We're all going to die anyway. The effect of misinformation creating doubt appears to be cumulative. That is to say, no matter where it originates, in consumerism, in how you value your job, in your trust of the political system, or your role as a parent, any doubt in one area will make other areas more doubtful as well. This is the stuff of anxiety and depression. Skepticism and humanism also differ.