Dude, where have you been? @stevennovella, @HHSkepDoc, I, and so many others have been warning about quackery, statin and antivax fear mongering, and cancer quackery for decades. Our blog, @ScienceBasedMed, is 11 years old. My personal blog is 14 years old. 1/https://twitter.com/haiderwarraich/status/1074476211580088322 …
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Several of my friends have been sued for libel for calling out quackery. I've had numerous legal threats over the years and now one actual lawsuit. 7/
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It's particularly bad for women or PoCs who speak out, because they get misogyny and racism, respectively, in their harassment by quacks. Some of us even get death threats. 8/
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@haiderwarraich, if you want to know why more scientists and doctors don't fight this nonsense, just realize that even science education efforts, when they contradict quacks, are not without risk and possible painful consequences. 9/9Show this thread
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