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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 1 May 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Tania Rauth

      Oh, this will be fun. An Antivaxer thinks I've never heard of #VAERS.Apparently she's blissfully unaware that I've only been writing about #VAERS for around 14 years or so. Time to educate her. 1/https://twitter.com/TVRauth/status/1123576310981378049 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Tania Rauth @TVRauth
      Replying to @gorskon
      If only this were true!!🤣🤣😂😭 Obviously you have never heard of #VAERS The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. The national vaccine safety surveillance program co-sponsored by the FDA and the CDC. Research first, then tweet, sir.
      5 replies 20 retweets 69 likes
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted David Gorski, MD, PhD

      Since I just wrote a thread about #VAERS less than two weeks ago, I'll include it here for @TVRauth's edification. Be sure to read all 7 Tweets! 2/https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1119646949446246400 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account @gorskon
      Here's yet another example why the VAERS database is not a reliable tool to establish adverse events as caused by vaccines or to estimate their frequency. It was never intended for that purpose. Rather, it was intended as an early warning system to alert health officials. 1/ https://twitter.com/doritmi/status/1119380832999763971 …
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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

      A couple of points are worth repeating. First, I bet that @TVRauth doesn't realize that ANYTHING that happens after vaccination can be reported to #VAERS. 12 years ago one pro-vaccine activist reported that a vaccine turned him into the Incredible Hulk. VAERS accepted it. 3/

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

      Indeed, if this activist had insisted on leaving his report of vaccine-induced Hulkness in the database when questioned, it would still be there, warning antivaxers that the flu vaccine might turn you into the Hulk. 4/

      1 reply 3 retweets 11 likes
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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

      This is, of course, why antivaxers like @TVRauth love to point to #VAERS. So do attorneys trying to sue for "vaccine injury." (Yes, I wrote this 11 years ago.) 5/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2008/01/18/how-vaccine-litigation-distorts-the-vaer/ …

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

      Now here's a question for @TVRauth. Can she name the active surveillance systems in place to monitor vaccine safety in a far more rigorous manner? (If she clicked on the link to my Twitter thread above, she should be able to, but I bet that she didn't bother.) 6/

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    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

      Because I'm a benevolent science advocate, I'll provide the answer for @TVRauth. There's the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD). Also the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Project (CISA) and @US_FDA's Post-licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring System (PRISM). 7/

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    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

      What antivaxers like @TVRauth don't understand is that #VAERS was never meant to be the be-all and end-all of vaccine safety surveillance. It functions more like a "canary in the coalmine," to identify concerns that need to be followed up on using more rigorous methods. 8/

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

      Because #VAERS is so easily manipulated by antivaxers, who've mounted campaigns to have parents report their children's autism, antivaxers love o dumpster dive it to produce crappy studies with bogus inflated risks of vaccine-related harms. 9/

      8:11 AM - 1 May 2019
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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

          Indeed, I've been writing about such "dumpster diving" for 13+ years now. Here's an oldie by Mark and David Geier. 10/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2006/03/06/the-geiers-go-dumpsterdiving-y-1/ …

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

          Here's a more recent example of dumpster diving by Stephanie Seneff. 11/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2012/11/20/dumpster-diving-in-the-vaers-database-again/ …

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 1 May 2019

          I could go on, because I've written about several of these "dumpster diving" studies over the years, but non-antivaxers will get the idea. I do thank @TVRauth for amusing the hell out of me with her assumption that I don't know what the #VAERS database is. 😂 12/12

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