This is the excuse conspiracy theorists sometimes make when they are called out for pushing dangerous BS. Antivax conspiracy theories are not “harmless fun.” #COVID19 conspiracy theories are not “harmless fun.” They have real world consequences and cause real harm to real people.https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1285756717356261381 …
Well, hang on... where do antivax conspiracies come from? It's not out of desire to harm. It's because the pharma industry and government have squandered their credibility with the public in so many ways. It's an expression of that institutional failure.
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Vaccines have a really good track record, if anyone can be bothered to look. They are exhaustively tested for safety and efficacy. Individually and in combination with other vaccines.
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Motives matter far less than results, and the results of antivax conspiracy theories have been horrible.
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I thought Andrew Wakefield started those conspiracies in 1998?
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That's the best part. Wakefield's critical 'study' on MMR was (partly) so disreputable because he had a financial interest in a rival vaccine. And these idiots believe every word he says. But anti-vaxxers aren't really new. They've been around since the 19th century.
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I dunno, leading anti-vax figures like Wakefield may not have set out to harm anyone, but they're clearly okay with profiting from the spread of harmful falsehoods.
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Sure, sure, they make so many more billions than Big Pharma.
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Early 1900s you already had a damn antivaxx league in Toronto.
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Consistent with our observations over decades, there's a lot of narcissism feeding BS beliefs, especially among the most vocal promoters.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43an3m/study-finds-that-conspiracy-theorists-just-want-to-feel-special …
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Nope. There were antivax conspiracy theories long before there was big pharma.pic.twitter.com/23ZF4DFbCh
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Interesting. But you don't think, just a teensy bit, that modern antivaxx thinking isn't helped along by the horrible image of big pharma?
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