Certainly, there are those who see a market opportunity--a gullible audience--and cash in on it.
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Replying to @SteveTiger999 @MarkHoofnagle and
when immune from liability and you can force everybody to take your product, the opportunity is great. Are there other such gigs aside from vaccines?
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Replying to @jorient @SteveTiger999 and
Extreme right wing quack seems like an interesting gig.
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Replying to @cacoethes_carpe @jorient and
Yeah. We’re all just rolling in vaccine money.
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Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @cacoethes_carpe and
On vaccine safety: I think it is important to cite the investigations done in response to charges of vaccine-induced injury, lest people wonder if the accusations are true. Target audience is not AAPS et al but those silently following the exchange, uncertain of what is true.
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Replying to @SteveTiger999 @cacoethes_carpe and
My only disagreement is that I don’t believe in the mythical fence sitter or information deficit theories of vaccine hesitance. The problem is disinformation glut. We fight with information sure, but also mockery and attacking platforms and peddlers of disinfo.
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Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @SteveTiger999 and
I do. There are a lot of parents or there who are confused and scared about vaccines who are vaccine hesitant but not antivaccine. It's why I make a distinction between the two.
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Replying to @gorskon @MarkHoofnagle and
There is a disinfo glut; there are also parents on the fence. The way to reach the parents on the fence is not to reply to disinfo, though. That just amplifies it, I'm afraid. People prefer the scarier story. See e.g. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/largest-study-ever-fake-news-mit-twitter/555104/ …
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It’s a good article. I follow that literature very closely. And the key finding is the emotional response. That manipulation is effective. Therein lies the cure as well. You have to create a social cost for speeading bullshit. Also doesn’t address evidence for fence sitters.
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Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @dkegel and
Studies I’ve seen of debate and mind changing suggest everyone goes in and out with more or less the same fixed beliefs. And denialists already have heard and know the counterarguments. Again no information deficit. Debate is sport and engagement validates the controversy.
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That's when things like this happen.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/03/19/josh-elliott-false-balance-vaccines/ …
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