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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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    1. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 Sep 6

      Conor Friedersdorf Retweeted Radley Balko

      I've been thinking a lot about this. I share @radleybalko's view that far more damage is being done by Tucker Carlson (e.g.) than people making horse paste jokes. I disagree that a profusion of condemnatory pieces would improve things. Here's my thinking for your consideration:https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/1434908913275707393 …

      Conor Friedersdorf added,

      Radley BalkoVerified account @radleybalko
      If you’re really concerned about persuasion, for every “stop making horse paste jokes” essay, you should be writing 10 pieces condemning the high-profile personalities who knowingly spread vaccine disinformation to audiences who trust them. They’re doing far, far more damage.
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    2. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 Sep 6

      1. While I have long believed that e.g. Tucker Carlson is acting in bad faith on many things, I don't think, e.g., Joe Rogan is acting in bad faith on Ivermectin, and condemning people who are wrong in damaging ways but are acting in good faith automatically loses a lot of people

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    3. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 Sep 6

      2. Likewise, the premise that one *must* be acting in bad faith and/or be worthy of condemnation for believing in the promise of Ivermectin obviously rings hollow to *people who believe Ivermectin has promise to treat Covid*

      17 replies 3 retweets 113 likes
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    4. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 Sep 6

      3. On the other hand, the subset of people who've turned to Ivermectin does overlap heavily with people who *don't trust expert consensus* but *are willing to think through things* (however good or bad at that they are) to reach their own conclusions.

      16 replies 3 retweets 84 likes
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    5. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 Sep 6

      4. That's why *this* is the sort of piece I want to see more ofhttps://medium.com/rebel-wisdom/on-vaccine-safety-ivermectin-and-the-dark-horse-podcast-an-investigation-f32491d4c970 …

      11 replies 21 retweets 116 likes
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    6. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 Sep 6

      5. It's not perfect, as it relies a bit too much on meta appeals, but it's pretty careful and earnest and pretty well done, which is to say: it lays out relevant facts and tries to persuade people with them as if they aren't contemptible idiots, which they mostly aren't.

      12 replies 4 retweets 103 likes
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    7. Conor Friedersdorf‏Verified account @conor64 Sep 6

      6. Like the author of that piece, I don't think one of its targets, @BretWeinstein, is acting in bad faith. Quite the contrary. I do think he has been wrong about Ivermectin in important ways. Laying out why strikes me as a better path than condemnation.

      23 replies 5 retweets 92 likes
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    8. 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗗‏ @grahamwalker Sep 7
      Replying to @conor64 @BretWeinstein

      NUMEROUS people (@GidMK @fullydavid @gorskon @nickmmark @JackMLawrence @farid__jalali me), for MONTHS, have been laying out why BW/FLCCC/Rogan is wrong. It's ignored and falls on deaf ears. Also, I agree, ridiculing someone's position never changes their mind.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 7
      Replying to @grahamwalker @conor64 and

      Yes, I've written thousands of words carefully laying out why I think the evidence base is flawed, and thus far the main response from the ivermectin crowd has been to lie about me publicly

      1:46 PM - 7 Sep 2021
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        1. CaPPsiE  🇬🇧 🇪🇺‏ @cappsie Sep 7
          Replying to @GidMK @grahamwalker and

          Publicly lying doesn't refute the data, but that's probably the best they can do.

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        1. trendless‏ @trendless Sep 7
          Replying to @GidMK @grahamwalker and

          Lying is much more unfalsifiable than engaging with the data. This is also a pandemic of unfalsifiable positions. Because I want to, not because it's proven.

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