I think one of the big things that's annoyed scientists about this story is that the entire idea of a "cancer cure" is scientific garbage And yet, there were DOZENS of media stories promoting the "cancer cure" 1/https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1090410160747470848 …
You don't even have to dig into the company, you don't have to realize that there's very little published science backing up the claims of the company, all you have to do is hear the words "cure for cancer" to realize it's probably bogus 3/
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It's one of those times when the news would be world-changing if true, but asking literally ~any~ expert would've told you that this is likely overhyped and inaccurate 5/
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It's a bit of a sad indictment of the way that news is currently produced and digested that this story managed to be more than a footnote about scientists making wildly unlikely claims about their proprietary techniques 6/6
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