Holy smokes. This is my new GOP representative, and the clip is worse than the description. Claims that the CDC has "fraudulently managed" data. https://www.tennessean.com/videos/news/politics/2018/12/12/u-s-rep-e-elect-mark-green-falsely-claims-vaccines-cause-autism/2288837002/ … via @Tennessean
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Replying to @DavidAFrench @Tennessean
You shouldn't be surprised. Antivaxers have successfully co-opted the language of anti-regulation, small government, "freedom," and "parental rights."
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As a result of the successful co-optation by antivaxers of the language of "freedom," even though antivaccine views have roughly the same prevalence on the left and the right, the
@GOP has become the antivaccine party.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/10/25/the-republican-party-has-become-the-antivaccine-party/ …4 replies 2 retweets 27 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @DavidAFrench and
That bit by
@DrMarkGreen4TN about the@CDCgov having "fraudulently managed" data comes straight from an antivaccine conspiracy theory known as the#CDCwhistleblower. The idea is that the CDC "knew" vaccines cause autism but covered it up.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/12/12/brian-hookers-antivaccine-pseudoscience-has-risen-from-the-dead-to-threaten-children-again/ …4 replies 1 retweet 24 likes -
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Replying to @AnnaMaeRPS @DavidAFrench and
Having followed in detail the
#CDCwhistleblower conspiracy theory since it started and having studied it in depth, I'm saying that nothing Thompson has said or shown is good evidence that the@CDCgov has "covered up" data showing a link between vaccines and autism.3 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
For instance, here's an in-depth discussion of the transcripts of William Thompson's phone conversations with Brian Hooker. They show a bitter man with an ax to grind with his former colleagues.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/vaccine-whistleblower-an-antivaccine-expose-full-of-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing/ …
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