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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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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Apr 2019

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Vincent Iannelli, MD

    In fairness, I don't think antivaxers *want* to bring all these diseases back. They just labor under the delusion that the vaccines are more dangerous than the diseases they protect against and downplay how dangerous diseases like measles are.https://twitter.com/AboutPediatrics/status/1122101731016478720 …

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    Vincent Iannelli, MDVerified account @AboutPediatrics
    What’s the goal of the anti-vaccine movement? Bringing back all of the diseases, like measles, diphtheria, and polio? #VaccinesWork #StopTheOutbreaks https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-vaccine-exemption-measles-outbreak-anti-vaxxers-20190427-story.html …
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      1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Apr 2019

        In other words, antivaxers don't actively want vaccine-preventable diseases to come back. Rather, they're indifferent to whether they do come back as a result of declining vaccine uptake. They're also perfectly willing to "hide in the herd," as Dr. Bob Sears put it.

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      2.  🇨🇦 Amy Leitman  🇺🇸‏ @IDontDoGiddy 27 Apr 2019
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        Their logic is basically this: I would rather risk burying my dead child than have a child on the autism spectrum. That just makes them crappy human beings who should not have procreated.

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      3. Rina‏ @green_cait 27 Apr 2019
        Replying to @IDontDoGiddy @gorskon

        They think that vaccines are more risky and more likely to kill their child and that VPDs are generally harmless and any severity is attributable to really insufficient nutrition. I know, because I used to be one.

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      1. MG‏ @immunotoxPhD 27 Apr 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        This is most likely true for the majority, but I see posts like “does anyone have a child with chicken pox that I can schedule a play date with?” it’s easy to see where confusion may occur.

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      1. JuliaMAppleton she/her‏ @JuliaMAppleton 27 Apr 2019
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        It is also a measure of scientific illiteracy and having good data behind pay walls and propoganda available for free.

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      1. MaryAnne Pankhurst‏ @MaryAnnePankhu1 27 Apr 2019
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        yet there are 'leaders' out there who enjoy anti-vax stardom; followers in the tens of thousands to whom they not only put out this kind of twisted and disgusting garbage but also make money for their effortspic.twitter.com/xIA9npO1Q5

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      1. Keri Luiz, aka ‘Phoenyx’ 🍉 🥃 ☕️ 🐈 🎨 🏁 🏳️‍🌈 🤜🏻 🤛🏿‏ @PhoenyxArts 27 Apr 2019
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        No, they are uneducated morons who should be isolated.

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      1. Paul Ramirez‏ @PaulRam63508769 29 Apr 2019
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        Sorry you don't get to decide what is delusional because you don't know everything even though you think you do.

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