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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Unfortunately, false balance is still with us, as this story demonstrates. Indeed, since the outbreaks, I've noticed an uptick in these sorts of stories that present emotional anecdotes alongside science, this implying equivalence or profile an antivaxer too sympathetically. 2/
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Cue references to Del Bigtree's flowing gray hair, passion, and charisma.

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I know it's difficult for some journalists to grasp, but there are issues where there are not two sides to the story. This is one. Worse, the traditional structure of antivax claim followed by scientist or doctor refuting claim can actually reinforce the claim. 4/
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When it comes to conspiracy theory-based movements like the antivax movement, facts don’t matter, and presenting antivaccine pseudoscience side-by-side with science elevates the pseudoscience, no matter how much refutation to antivax pseudoscience is included. 5/
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Again, I know it's counterintuitive, but it's true. Just ask
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Genevieve Reaume
Ack! How did I miss this nauseating display of credulity regarding antivaccine pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas.
6a/6https://twitter.com/genevievereaume/status/1128000660685746176 …David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
Genevieve ReaumeVerified account @GenevieveReaumePediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas owns Integrative Pediatrics in Portland. He says not one of the practice's 15k patients is fully vaccinated. He pushes a limited vaccine schedule, which he explains in his best-selling book, The Vaccine Friendly Plan.#LiveOnK2 pic.twitter.com/OBjJy9cHCYShow this thread1 reply 3 retweets 8 likesShow this thread -
David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Genevieve Reaume
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!
6b/6https://twitter.com/genevievereaume/status/1128000660685746176 …David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
Genevieve ReaumeVerified account @GenevieveReaumePediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas owns Integrative Pediatrics in Portland. He says not one of the practice's 15k patients is fully vaccinated. He pushes a limited vaccine schedule, which he explains in his best-selling book, The Vaccine Friendly Plan.#LiveOnK2 pic.twitter.com/OBjJy9cHCYShow this thread1 reply 3 retweets 15 likesShow this thread
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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