A question for science Twitter. @PGtzsche1 agreed to speak at an antivaccine conference organized by @picphysicians. His rationale, in part, was that he could change minds about MMR there. Should a science advocate EVER speak at an antivaccine conference?https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/peter-gotzsche-and-antivaxers-should-a-science-advocate-ever-speak-at-an-antivaccine-conference/ …
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Yes, he did drop out, but only after a Twitterstorm a week ago criticizing him, and he's still upset that he was forced to withdraw.
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SciCom rule- know your audience. Never say never, but the likelihood that he would change any minds through a presentation at such an event is homeopathically small
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@PGtzsche1 DID know his audience. He was very impressed by@picphysicians stance against "compulsory vaccination." What he apparently didn't realize is that basically all groups billing themselves as for vaccine "choice" or "informed consent" are in actuality antivax.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
A good rule of thumb: If the term "vaccine choice" or "informed consent" appears in the name of a vaccine-related organization, that organization is antivaccine. If there's an exception to this axiom, I have yet to encounter it, and I've been at this nearly 20 years.
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