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Senior Staff Writer at Vice. Before: Jezebel, Village Voice, Dallas Observer. Author of REPUBLIC OF LIES. Tips: anna.merlan@vice.com. DM for Signal.

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    1. Anna Merlan‏Verified account @annamerlan 15 Oct 2019

      This is hardly surprising at this point, but here’s Robert F Kennedy Jr. with Andrew Wakefield, calling him “unjustly vilified” and the articles exposing his fraud part of a “global smear campaign.”pic.twitter.com/F17ofcymDE

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    2. Anna Merlan‏Verified account @annamerlan 15 Oct 2019

      Wakefield’s rehabilitation is very dear to the anti-vaccine movement. a key part of that is rewriting the history of what he did (a fraudulent study that got him stripped of his medical license). Kennedy pretends here that Wakefield was “vindicated,” which he certainly was not.

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      Anna Merlan‏Verified account @annamerlan 15 Oct 2019

      He IS doing something new though by appealing to anti-vax moms, calling it “misogynistic” that anyone would accuse Wakefield of being a “medical Svengali” who “mesmerized” “hysterical mothers.” Anti-vaxxers are starting to adopt some feminist language where it suits them.

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        1. Ms. Deathwish: Butcher of the Unborn‏ @Ms_Deathwish 15 Oct 2019
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          The two of them in one place is enough to make me vomit. Can we set them on fire please?

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        1. Yoga is Canadian bc she vacations there  🇨🇦 🏒 ⛸ 🍻‏ @yogaACAB 15 Oct 2019
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          there's a good point to be made that the way the medical establishment disenfranchises women is exactly how fruit loops like Wakefield find their niche and flourish but I suppose we all already know exactly how misogyny allows for his grift

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        2. Dan "Emotional Support Grenade" Reeser‏ @sowkrdan 15 Oct 2019
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          RFKJr needs to put that energy into glyphosate research. A doctor (I need to find her name) has looked at glyphosate use and it strongly correlates with the rise in autistic spectrum disorders in the past 70 years. He can fight for the environment and not harm children.

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        3. Dan "Emotional Support Grenade" Reeser‏ @sowkrdan 15 Oct 2019
          Replying to @sowkrdan @annamerlan

          http://www.hoajonline.com/autism/2054-992X/3/1 … Stephanie Seneff is the doc I was thinking of. Computer scientist apply that knowledge to epidemiology. And, yes, I know correlation does not mean cause. That's why good research like the one in the link addresses limitations and the need for more study.

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        2. Katelyn Burns‏Verified account @transscribe 15 Oct 2019
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          Serious parallels with trans medical critics

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        3. Frances Acorn‏ @AcornFrances 15 Oct 2019
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          Interesting point!

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        1. Andy  🐗‏ @andybob68 15 Oct 2019
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          This “doctor” caused a great deal of unwarranted guilt within my family. My daughter is autistic. His “research” came out after she was vaccinated. Her mother has spent years dealing with feelings of profound guilt believing that our actions caused her to develop autism.

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        1. Adam Morgan‏ @mycroft16 15 Oct 2019
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          The anti vax movement is about everything but logic and reason. They will borrow beg or steal any tactic from anywhere that they think gives them an edge up. And even Jesus appearing personally and saying he invented vaccines wouldn't be enough.

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