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Research Associate Scientist @UNC studying HIV, oncoviruses, and SARS-CoV-2. International AIDS Society & AIDS Malignancy Consortium Fellow.

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    Ryan McNamara  🧬‏ @Ryan_Mac_Phd Jul 10

    One way bad faith actors and attention seekers work is to make actual experts exhausted at correcting them. It's called "flooding the zone", and correcting the amount of mis/disinformation takes more time and energy than what experts have. (1/6)

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      2. Ryan McNamara  🧬‏ @Ryan_Mac_Phd Jul 10

        Others work to silence experts through intimidation. Not necessarily by them, but using the miscreants that follow them. This has happened to many of us in infectious diseases and public health, and continues to this day. (2/6)

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      3. Ryan McNamara  🧬‏ @Ryan_Mac_Phd Jul 10

        Of course it's in bad faith. Many will say one thing & privately do another. Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of NewsCorp (Fox News), jumped ahead of most global healthcare workers to get a COVID jab while his network consistently misinforms its viewers. (3/6)https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-murdoch-idUSKBN28S2J7 …

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      4. Ryan McNamara  🧬‏ @Ryan_Mac_Phd Jul 10

        Fox is of course just the tip of the iceberg. But it's part of a bigger problem of chasing away voices of expertise and reason, and filling that void with fear mongering, conspiracy theories, and straight-up medical mis/disinformation. (4/6)

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      5. Ryan McNamara  🧬‏ @Ryan_Mac_Phd Jul 10

        Which brings us to today. 27 states are seeing increases in COVID-19. The COVID-19 vaccines are remarkable at preventing severe disease. They are objectively some of the best vaccines ever created. But despite a surplus of them, we cannot get enough Americans vaccinated. (5/6)

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      6. Ryan McNamara  🧬‏ @Ryan_Mac_Phd Jul 10

        There is an abundance of data showing that vaccine uptake is correlated with what kind of information people consume. As more experts are silenced, that information becomes less reliable, if not complete nonsense. This costs lives. And there is no accountability for it. (6/6)

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      2. Kyle McCafferty, MLS(ASCP)CM‏ @AlwaysKyle1 Jul 10
        Replying to @Ryan_Mac_Phd

        This perfectly describes the last 5 years…

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      3. simon gordon‏ @g6ens Jul 10
        Replying to @AlwaysKyle1 @Ryan_Mac_Phd

        The last 25 years, this is an ongoing attack on science by Kennedy and Wakefield

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      1. Beau Dodson‏ @BeauDodson Jul 10
        Replying to @Ryan_Mac_Phd @bryanwx

        This sums up social media.

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      2. JD Long‏ @CMastication Jul 10
        Replying to @Ryan_Mac_Phd @prometheusgreen

        No. It’s “flooding the zone with shit” as coined by Steve Bannon. If we “flooded the zone” with truth or “flooded the zone” with lollipops, we’d be fine. It’s the shit that’s the problem.

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      3. Mo’ than Words 🇺🇸 🌎 🇨🇦 🌍 🇮🇪 🌏 ✈️ 🎨 🚐 🏄🏼‍♀️ ⛵️ 🔬‏ @MoiraMinceir Jul 11
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        Apparently we can’t handle the truth. We prefer denialism so we can continue to live in our comfortable tribal bubbles, cling to our destructive values & vent our fear, anger & grievances on those who disagree w/ us. As absolutists, we lack all capacity for critical thinking.

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