Yes. Hardcore antivax is driven by attorney fees, book sales, selling cures for autism, etc. Exchanges of views irrelevant to them. Please do not support their cause by entering their logic-defying circus. However, do share your knowledge with the public, so they wont be conned.
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Replying to @ProfPHansen @PGtzsche1 and
Respectfully disagree. As tweeted: we should avoid the label "antivax". Most of the people coined "antivax" are simply concerned about the safety - and welcome science and dialogue. Imo, both sides should accept invitations to share view points and be challenged by others'.
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Replying to @StabellBenn @PGtzsche1 and
Antivaxers frequently try to falsely label themselves as "vaccine safety advocates." They are nothing of the sort.
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Replying to @gorskon @PGtzsche1 and
Curious: how would you know that somebody raising questions about the safety of vaccines did that "falsely"?
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Replying to @StabellBenn @gorskon and
Because they typically dismiss the evidence that contradicts them.
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Replying to @KenneyPedersen @StabellBenn and
Also, when talking about "vaccine safety," antivaxers often make up nonexistent "risks" of vaccination (e.g., autism, SIDS) and/or vastly exaggerate actual risks of vaccination and/or vastly downplay the benefits.
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Replying to @gorskon @KenneyPedersen and
I could provokingly propose that that the people writing on this thread might be very reluctant to listen to scientific evidence, which contradicted that "all vaccines are always beneficial for all" - pls make sure that equal standards apply
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Replying to @StabellBenn @gorskon and
Provoking solely for the sake of provoking. How entertaining. Do you acknowledge that there is an antivaccine movement and that they are a threat to public health?
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Replying to @KenneyPedersen @gorskon and
I will continue to provoke (with the hope of also sparking a bit of reflection): There is an antivaccine movement, but there is also an almost religious provaccine movement and it is also a threat to public health: prematurely closing research questions and polarising the debate
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Replying to @StabellBenn @KenneyPedersen and
Can you give an example showing how this “almost religious provaccine movement” is a threat to public health? I’m genuinely curious, btw
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I'm more interested in her portraying vaccine science as religious faith rather than science. Thats a common tactic of science denialists of all stripes, for example, climate science deniers and creationists.
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Replying to @gorskon @StabellBenn and
That’s a pretty clear straw man, Doctor
Lets keep it civil and without assumptions/interpretations
We, as skeptics, might just learn something
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Replying to @MortenElsoe @gorskon and
How is it straw man? She literally said it.
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