It's this sort of false balance between vaccine science and pseudoscience in the media that I've been calling out for 14 years. Over the last few years I've commented that I've noticed less of this and thought journalists were finally starting to "get it." I was too optimistic.1/https://twitter.com/GenevieveReaume/status/1128135049193246720 …
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Ack! How did I miss this nauseating display of credulity regarding antivaccine pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas.
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Here's a hint. Thomas' "vaxed/unvaxed" study is poorly designed nonsense, but she still reports it and even let's him brash about how he's trying to get it published!
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Here's what I mean. 6c/6https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/01/25/ipak-running-dubious-study/ …
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Let's just say there's a reason why I refer to Dr. Paul Thomas as a rising star in the antivaccine movement, and in this story he was credulously treated as another potentially valid viewpoint. 6d/6https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/03/09/dr-paul-thomas-newest-antivaccine-pediatrician-making-name-himself/ …
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The anti-vaccination crowd is great at cherry picking bad data and ignoring great data
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Agreed, it is information warfare and this specific case is one of asymmetric information warfare. They do not have the credibility or reach of mainstream medicine, so the tendency of 4th estate to platform and "both-sides" what is otherwise a weak message is an *exploit*.
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