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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 14

    Your daily reminder that "I'm pro-vaccine except for THIS one" is literally the most common anti-vax line there is

    9:59 PM - 14 Mar 2021
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 14

        The second most common line is "I'm pro-vaccine but I'm also pro informed choice" usually followed by a slew of lies and misinformation portraying vaccines as dangerous

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 15

        So many replies missing the point. There's a big difference between common talking points and actions - most anti-vaccine advocates SAY they are only against one vaccine but then come up with similar arguments against ALL of them

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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 15

        Similarly, when they say that they're pro "informed" choice, they usually mean informed entirely by conspiracy blogs and ignoring all scientific evidence. That's why they're talking points, not philosophical positions

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      2. Vivamus moriendum est‏ @fozlolah Mar 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        Sincere question coming from someone who holds this perspective: why aren’t caution around unexpected outcomes, knowledge of past hubris, and a general trust in our long proven biological resilience to natural cycles reasonable?

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      3. Alan‏ @AlanSubie4Life Mar 14
        Replying to @fozlolah @GidMK

        Because it is very clear at this point that the disease is far, far more dangerous than any potential danger from the vaccine. It’s not a hypothetical anymore. We are very fortunate to have very safe vaccines!

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
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      1. VaPol‏ @VaTravel11 Mar 14
        Replying to @GidMK

        There are people who are scared about this one because of how publicized the newness of it is. Not everyone is anti-vax they've just heard anti-vaxxers so much it's in their head.

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      2. Tzippy Yarom-Diskind  💉 صِپورة‏ @zpyarom Mar 14
        Replying to @GidMK @rutihersh

        There are people who are not "against" this one but they would like to wait. I get them. it's a new one, usually we wait at least 2 years from the beginning of the trials before approval. It's not like being anti-vaxxers. PS I'm Israeli so I'm fully vaccinated for a while now.

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      3.  💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology"  🍩 Musgrave‏ @ianfmusgrave Mar 15
        Replying to @zpyarom @GidMK @rutihersh

        NO, that's usually how long it takes to recruit volunteers for clinical trials, so many people volunteered that tails with tens of thousands of people were completed in under a year. Remember also this is building on our experience from SARS-Cov-1 and MERS-Cov vaccine devlopment

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      1. James Cole‏ @jamesrcole Mar 15
        Replying to @GidMK

        That is a very unscientific way of arguing against something a person has said.

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      1. David Whitcombe‏ @TakethatCt Mar 15
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        "I'm not antivax but..."

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