Consequently, Dr. Zimmerman's expert opinion was used in the Autism Omnibus, but he himself did not testify. @RobertKennedyJr used his affidavit stating such to spin an antivax conspiracy theory of the government "suppressing" his evidence of a vaccine-autism link. 4/
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This conspiracy theory peddled by
@RobertKennedyJr is—surprise, surprise!—without merit or a basis in fact, other than half-truths and massive exaggeration of the significance of Dr. Zimmerman to the government case in the Autism Omnibus. 5/Show this thread -
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@RobertKennedyJr tries to make it sound as though Dr. Zimmerman's expert opinion was the lynchpin upon which the government's case in the Autism Omnibus proceedings depended and that if he had been allowed to testify the government would have lost. 6/Show this thread -
In reality, Dr. Zimmerman's expert opinion was barely mentioned in the Special Masters' rulings and then mainly in passing as supporting the testimony of other experts who did testify. 7/
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@SharylAttkisson. She merely regurgitated@RobertKennedyJr's conspiracy theory based on Dr. Zimmerman's affidavit in her antivax propaganda piece disguised as a news report. 8/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/01/09/sharyl-attkisson-is-back/ …Show this thread -
It turns out that
@SharylAttkisson also has a history of spewing antivaccine misinformation going back AT LEAST to 2007. 9/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2007/06/19/antivaccination-crankery-on-the-cbs-news-1/ …Show this thread
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