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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      I wonder what @PGtzsche1 would say about a pharmaceutical company or even just an academic who flouted the rules by doing human subjects research and really crappy human subjects research at that, as Mary Holland appears to have done. 5/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2011/05/11/another-swing-for-the-fences-and-a-miss/ …

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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      That's not all about Mary Holland. Despite her law degree and faculty position, she is well known for her rather...fanciful...portrayals of vaccine law, for instance here... 6/ http://justthevax.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-duplicity-of-mary-holland_22.html …

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      Humans is also known for poisoning the literature with pseudoscience- arms misinformation-laden books. 7/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2011/02/18/ethics-and-the-promotion-of-antivaccine-book/ …

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      I could go on, but you get the idea. What about @tonibark? Well, she's a "holistic" doctor, as well as a naturopath and a homeopath# and was a featured speaker on the Conspira-Sea Cruise, a crankfest full of the looniest loons you can think of. 8/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2011/02/18/ethics-and-the-promotion-of-antivaccine-book/ …

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      More recently, she was featured in an antivaccine confab known as One Conversation, along with a bunch of other antivaxers. 9/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/09/13/one-conversation-medical-authority-antivaccine-trap/ …

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      Indeed, @tonibark had earned an entry in the Encyclopedia of American Loons, a position she richly deserves. 10/ https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2015/04/1345-toni-bark.html …

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    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      Moving on, @RobertKennedyJr needs no introduction, but I'll say a bit anyway. I've been countering his insanely ludicrous antivax propaganda since 2005. 11/ http://oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/06/saloncom-flushes-its-credibility-down.html …

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    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      Let's just say that @RobertKennedyJr never fails to bring home the antivax crazy, ever. For instance, here he was in 2007 saying that if you criticize antivaxers you must hate mothers. 12/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2007/06/21/robert-f-kennedy-jr-has-declared-a-crank-1/ …

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    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      More recently, @RobertKennedyJr had teamed up with antivax reporter @sharylattkisson to flood a new antivaccine conspiracy theory about the Autism Omnibus proceedings. 13/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/01/09/sharyl-attkisson-is-back/ …

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    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      This conspiracy theory had rooted in a useful idiot named Dr. Andrew Zimmerman. 14/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/01/17/zimmerman-useful-idiot-for-antivaxers/ …

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted richard jaffe

      But what about @JaffeRick? He's pumped for this antivaccine crankfest where he'll be speaking. 15/https://twitter.com/jafferick/status/1096091359797305344 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      richard jaffe @JaffeRick
      my next speaking and panel gig. I'll probably be controversial even for this audience. https://physiciansforinformedconsent.org/civicrm?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/mailing/view&reset=1&id=157 …
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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          Five years ago, I wrote about how @JaffeRick was cancer quack @DrStanBurzynski's legal pit bull and how he pioneered the abuse of the @US_FDA's clinical trial process to let #Burzynski continue to con desperate cancer patients. 16/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/stanislaw_burzynski_four_decades_of_an_unproven_cancer_cure …

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          These days, @JaffeRick has latched onto defending a new breed of quacks, those who run for-profit stem cell clinics selling unproven treatments for huge sums of money. 17/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2017/11/21/fda-cracks-quack-stem-cell-clinics/ …

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          In fairness, though, even @JaffeRick seems to be uncomfortable with the sheer level of pseudoscience and quackery being sold by these clinics. OTOH, it's less the quackery than the fear that going too far will provoke @US_FDA to crack down. 18/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/08/richard-jaffe-vs-quack-stem-cells/ …

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        5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          As am amusing aside, @JaffeRick is not happy that moves are being made to make it harder for doctors to receive CME credit for studying "integrative medicine" quackery. 19/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/08/richard-jaffe-vs-quack-stem-cells/ …

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        6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          So @PGtzsche1 has associated himself with quite the wretched hive of scum and antivaccine quackery these days. @picphysicians is nothing more than a pseudoscience- and quackery-spewing antivax group trading on the trust we have in doctors to promote dangerous misinformation. 20/

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        7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          My good buddy @skepticalraptor has the lowdown on @picphysicians. 21/https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/physicians-for-informed-consent-another-radical-anti-vaccine-group/ …

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        8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          Sadly, @picphysicians routinely spreads dangerous antivax misinformation. 22/https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/mmr-vaccine-causes-seizures-physicians-informed-consent/ …

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        9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          So let's just put it this way. For @PGtzsche1 to agree to appear at a @picphysicians event with a bunch of hard core antivaxers like @RobertKennedyJr, Mary Holland, and @tonibark and a quack defender like @JaffeRick is NOT a good look. 23/

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        10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          I used to try to give @PGtzsche1 the benefit of the doubt. No more. He no longer merits it. 24/

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        11. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 15 Feb 2019

          The bottom line is that @PGtzsche1 had become an antivaccine crank and deserves to be dismissed as such, just like the quacks he'll be appearing with in a month in Costa Mesa at the @picphysicians event. It's sad, but unfortunately true. 25/25

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