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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 12 Apr 2019

      WTF, @thedailybeast? @JFKucinich's article on @delbigtree is basically free publicity for this antivax crank. I'll explain what I mean. 1/https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vaxxer-del-bigtree-got-his-start-on-the-tv-show-the-doctors …

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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

      Yes, I know that the article refutes several of Bigtree's claims, but there's also a heck of a lot of false balance too. As my good bud @MarkHoofnagle will tell you, letting a crank make his claims and then (sort of) refuting them is a bad way to combat antivax nonsense. 2/

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

      What this technique accomplishes, more than anything else, is to lead the reader to remember the claims while forgetting much of the refutations. 3/

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

      Worse, the structure and tone of the article are more that of a celebrity profile, specifically that of a controversial celebrity. The thing is, Bigtree is not controversial. There is no scientific controversy about his antivax views. He is a dangerous crank, an antivaxer. 4/

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

      It's not all bad. It is interesting to learn of Bigtree's background. I knew about his work on @DrPhil and @TheDoctors, neither of which are shows that train one to think critically about medicine. 5/

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

      Particularly amusing was @delbigtree's bragging about reading medical journals during his time working for @DrPhil and @TheDoctors. His misinterpretation of vaccine literature is epic and demonstrates that he, for all his bragging, he's never understood science, not really. 6/

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    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

      Oh, sure, working for @DrPhil and @TheDoctors taught him how to do stories with at best a superficial mixture of understanding and misunderstanding tarted up with sensationalistic nonsense, much like what he did on @vaxxedthemovie. 7/

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

      But even that part of the story is problematic. You and I know that Bigtree's full of shit when he proclaims his great knowledge of the medical literature, but the average reader doesn't. We laugh—and rightfully so—at Bigtree's claim, but the average reader doesn't. 8/

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

          Another problematic part of the article is how it portrays Bigtree as a rockstar among antivaxers, a celebrity. People listen to celebrity. At the least, he comes across as appealing, rather than the arrogant, self-righteous jerk that he really is. 9/

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

          Particularly irritating is the way that the article concludes with a quote from Bigtree: "All of this is coming to a head, this is such an exciting time. Do you feel it? Do you feel what’s happening? This one is not going to be easy it would be boring if it was..." 10/

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

          Continued: "This is our time. You’ve got to feel it. It’s so exciting." 11/

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        5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 Apr 2019

          Seriously? Ending with a quote from Bigtree about how great it is to be an antivaxer now? How hopeful this antivaxer is? Horrible! That's why I said this article is basically free publicity for antivaxers. It's not quite a celebrity puff piece, but it flirts with it. 12/12

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