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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 24 Apr 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP

      Aw, poor Dr. Jay. If quacks, following in the footsteps of Dr. Bob Sears, hadn't gone hog wild selling bogus medical exemptions based on nothing resembling science, maybe @DrPanMD wouldn't have seen the need to tighten up #SB277 this way. 1/https://twitter.com/JayGordonMDFAAP/status/1118752890309373952 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP @JayGordonMDFAAP
      I testified and sat next to Dr. Pan. SB276 is a broken promise. SB277 passed and was signed by the governor with emphasis on medical exempt status being decided by the doctor who knew the child best. Medical Exemptions based on my judgement are not loopholes, they're the law. https://twitter.com/Goldduzt86/status/1116908984089210880 …
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 24 Apr 2019

      I was warning about this loophole right when #SB277 passed. If you let any doctor write a letter supporting a medical exemption, then of course doctors catering to antivax parents would see this loophole as a potential profit center. 2/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/07/22/after-sb-277-medical-exemptions-to-vaccine-mandates-for-sale-courtesy-of-dr-bob-sears/ …

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 24 Apr 2019

      I was correct too. Dr. Sears led the way on a gold rush of antivaccine quacks selling bogus medical exemptions. 3/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/05/09/after-sb-277-medical-exemptions-for-sale-courtesy-of-dr-bob-sears-and-other-antivaccine-quacks/ …

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 24 Apr 2019

      A parent even sent me a medical exemption letter generated from an online request system without the doctor ever having examined the child. The fee? $180. 4/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/07/29/after-sb-277-online-medical-exemptions-to-school-vaccine-mandates-are-now-for-sale/ …

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 24 Apr 2019

      Then there's Dr. Tara Zandvliet, who is responsible for one-third of all the medical exemptions in San Diego. @JayGordonMDFAAP, do your approve of this? 5/https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/one-doctor-is-responsible-for-a-third-of-all-medical-vaccine-exemptions-in-san-diego/ …

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 24 Apr 2019

          And how about it, Dr. Jay? Have you written letters supporting medical exemptions based on scientifically unsupportable reasons like a family history of autoimmune disease? If so, you personally contributed to the problem that led @DrPanMD to act. 6/

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 24 Apr 2019

          The bottom line is that this is not about doctors "who know the patient best" acting in the child's best interest. It's about unscrupulous doctors making money writing bogus medical exemptions for profit and thereby undermining #SB277. 7/

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 24 Apr 2019

          So don't whine, @JayGordonMDFAAP. @DrPanMD did what was politically feasible while trusting his colleagues to be honest brokers when it came to writing medical exemptions. They weren't. Antivax pediatricians cashed in. 8/

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        5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 24 Apr 2019

          Yes, the California Medical Board did step in and discipline Dr. Sears, but it can't be counted on to crack down on all the doctors practicing outside the standard of care and using bogus medical exemption letters. @DrPanMD is right to try to fix that loophole. 9/9

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