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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.

Michigan, USA
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 3 Jun 2019

      I admire his enthusiasm, but "drowning out" quackery and medical misinformation with good information just doesn't work. wish him luck, but I wish he'd also talk to those of us who've been at just this thing for many years, like @MarkHoofnagle and others.https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/31/doctor-recruiting-doctors-to-fight-fake-health-info-on-social-media.html …

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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 3 Jun 2019

      We frequently assume the the answer to bad information is good information, in greater quantity than the bad information, but we've known for some time that this is not how human minds work. Dr. Chiang appears to have fallen into this trap.

      4 replies 12 retweets 62 likes
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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 3 Jun 2019

      Aside from this, there just aren't enough doctors and scientists who are interested enough in and good enough at social media to execute this strategy, at least not compared to the armies of cranks, trolls, and bots spreading the misinformation.

      2 replies 6 retweets 47 likes
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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 3 Jun 2019

      This model is why so many doctors jump into social media, full of enthusiasm to counter medical misinformation, like what antivaxers spread. Then they find out that it's a deluge, a flood, and unending and overwhelming stream, and they give up.

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 3 Jun 2019

      If only there were a group, a movement, that already exists, that has been thinking about medical misinformation and pseudoscience for decades to consult. If only...

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    6. Voices for Vaccines‏ @Voices4Vaccines 3 Jun 2019
      Replying to @gorskon

      We keep reinventing wheels everywhere. No wonder we have measles outbreaks.

      1 reply 3 retweets 8 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 3 Jun 2019
      Replying to @Voices4Vaccines

      I don't want to discourage any potential allies, but I want them to be effective. I don't see a knowledge of history and how these disinformation campaigns work here.

      9:07 AM - 3 Jun 2019
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      • Linda Girgis MD Melody Butler gmopundit (David Tribe Ph.D.) Vinceremo Voices for Vaccines Christopher Johnson (((kath2cats))) James the morally lucky Azathoth's Daddy Tjaden Froyda
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        2. (((Dorit Reiss)))‏Verified account @doritmi 3 Jun 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @Voices4Vaccines

          I wonder if there’s a way to make an easily accessible something for newcomers to catch on fast on the past. Maybe a five minute YouTube video that directs them to more thorough sources but gives the highlights. @Voices4Vaccines ?

          1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
        3. Voices for Vaccines‏ @Voices4Vaccines 3 Jun 2019
          Replying to @doritmi @gorskon

          If someone wants to help me put together some ideas, I would love to make a "history of the pro-vaccine movement" video!

          3 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
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