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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 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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      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.

      8:12 AM - 27 Apr 2019
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        2. Jonathan Howard‏ @JHowardBrainMD 27 Apr 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          Yet, measles parties and chickenpox parties have been in the news this year. Some write articles on the "benefits" of measles. So it may be a small minority, but there are some who seem to want their children to get sick. Looking at point #4 here: https://physiciansforinformedconsent.org/measles/dis/ 

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 27 Apr 2019
          Replying to @JHowardBrainMD

          It IS a small minority who do pox parties. That's my point! It's incorrect to make a blanket statement that antivaxers want to bring back vaccine-preventable disease. A small minority of antivaxers do, but painting them all with that brush does not produce an accurate picture.

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        1. Heather Clemenceau‏ @HClemenceau 27 Apr 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          It's not at all uncommon on Facebook for anti-vaxxers to claim that measles confers "immunity" from cancer, and is therefore beneficial.

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        1. J.Sebelius‏ @JtSebelius 27 Apr 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          I thought they wanted "wild" diseases like chicken pox and measles so they could have pox parties to vax their kids immunity? So they could stick it to big pharma. They are a confusing bunch.

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        1. April Garcia, MA, BCBA‏ @MyPsychProf 27 Apr 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          Maybe "immunity freeloader" is a better term to describe how they're benefiting by declining vaccinations.

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