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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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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 18 Jun 2019

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted taslima nasreen

    So eugenics even more restrictive than what Nazi Germany practiced, then? She's joking, right? Pretty much everyone has "bad genes" for something or other. Also, diabetes, hypertension, etc. are complex polygenic diseases with variable penetrance.https://twitter.com/taslimanasreen/status/1140856456222146560 …

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    taslima nasreenVerified account @taslimanasreen
    Men and women who have bad genes with genetic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer etc should not produce children. They have no right to make others suffer.
    6:31 PM - 18 Jun 2019
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      2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 18 Jun 2019

        David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted taslima nasreen

        No, no, one doesn't *have* to become a vegan to reduce one's risk of early death. One can do so if one chooses, but it's not the only way. If also point out that her parents ALSO have her life. 🤦‍♂️https://twitter.com/taslimanasreen/status/1140865145024835584 …

        David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

        taslima nasreenVerified account @taslimanasreen
        I love food. I love fish and meat and sweets. But i have to be a vegan in order to reduce the risk of early death. I got bad genes from my parents.
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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 18 Jun 2019

        This is all a really horrible take for a physician.

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      1. Bobby Blue Byrd‏ @bluebirdofunhap 18 Jun 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        Yikes.

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      1. Doctor_David‏ @Doctor_David 18 Jun 2019
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        There are multiple causal factors for most conditions. She greatly oversimplifies the issue.

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      1. Trey Bateman‏ @RenegadeSynapse 18 Jun 2019
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        It’s hard to overstate how atrocious her tweet is on like, every possible level. It’s like she doesn’t understand polygenic risk even a little bit. And maybe hasn’t heard about eugenics and how it’s frowned upon?

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      1. 𝘼𝙠𝙞𝙛 𝙕𝙚𝙗, 𝙋𝙝𝘿‏ @PhdZeb 18 Jun 2019
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        Looks like she’s completely lost it.

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      2. Eric Weller‏ @Milo924 18 Jun 2019
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        If we could scientifically and without bias demonstrate that a given breeding would with near 100% certainty result in a life that would be insufferable, is it morally obligatory to prevent it? It seems this can't be defensible, but it's difficult to articulate why.

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      3. Eric Weller‏ @Milo924 18 Jun 2019
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        This is a legitimate moral argument with defensible positions on both sides. I can conceive of argument about eugenics as an extension of this one, but don't think that any practice of eugenics has ever been free of pseudo-scientific race and culture bias or if it could be.

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      1. The Quiet One‏ @DavidCook1959 19 Jun 2019
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        I've read that identical twins die, on average, ten years apart. From that, it seems like maybe genes aren't all that matters.

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