Here's another example of Deisher's horrible "science." 12/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/08/24/more-horrible-antivaccine-science-from-theresa-deisher/ …
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So let's wrap up. You don't like being called antivaccine? Stop promoting antivaccine misinformation and working with antivaccine groups like
@MI4VaxChoice. Their goal isn't "vaccine choice," it's to frighten parents out of vaccinating. 23/Show this thread -
Among antivaxers, "vaccine choice" is a common euphemism for "antivaccine" because antivaxers know that society frowns on them (as well it should). The idea is to promote antivaccine misinformation (like at your roundtable) and use the fear of that to justify not vaccinating. 24/
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Basically, the gross exaggeration of the risks of vaccines and denial or downplaying of their benefits produces a false picture. That false picture then distorts the "informed consent" process, turning into "misinformed consent." 25/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2010/11/05/how-should-we-respond-to-the-anti-vaccin/ …
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That's how antivaxers work. That's how
@MI4VaxChoice works: To use the euphemism of "vaccine choice" to hide an agenda of legitimizing in the public mind the grosses lies about vaccines and the dangers antivaxers claim for them. 26/Show this thread -
I don't throw around the term "antivaccine" lightly. I have a very definite sense of what it means. 27/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2010/11/01/what-does-it-mean-to-be-anti-vaccine/ …
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Basically three out of four of your guests were clearly very antivaccine. You and
@Vote_Jeff_Noble, I haven't decided about yet, but I am absolutely sure that you're both pandering to antivaxers and that Rep. Noble's bill, if passed, would be a disaster for public health. 28/28Show this thread
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