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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 9 Sep 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted The Real Truther

      Antivaxers have been courting and aligning with the far right at least since #SB277, when they discovered that their antivax dog whistles of "parental rights," "health freedom," and vaccine mandates as government overreach worked to entice far right groups onto their side.https://twitter.com/thereal_truther/status/1171087256787939330 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      The Real Truther @thereal_truther
      Last week the #antivax opposition to #SB276 took a break from aligning with #Scientology to welcome the Oath Keepers, an anti-government far-right "militia" recognized by The Southern Poverty Law Center as an extremist group w/ white supremacist views. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/17/white-supremacists-militias-private-police-215498 … pic.twitter.com/4v4AEeo2dN
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019

      I wonder if @DavidNeiwert has any insight here.

      1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
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    3. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @gorskon

      There's always been a huge overlap between the conspiracist far right and the health-related conspiracy world, dating back to when the John Birch Society was plumping laetrile conspiracy theories. These theories recruit people from the far left but often serve far-right agendas.

      4 replies 5 retweets 17 likes
    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @DavidNeiwert

      Ah yes, I'm having flashbacks to the days of General Bert Stubblebine III and Rima Laibow's Natural Solutions Foundation. 😉

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @DavidNeiwert

      Actually, I've been writing about the connection between the right and antivaxers for a long time now. Basically, although surveys show that antivax views are roughly equally prevalent on the right and the left, right now, the loudest, most influential antivaxers are right wing.

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @DavidNeiwert

      Sure, there's @RobertKennedyJr, @RobSchneider, and Jill Stein on the left, but they're fringe. They're not actually influential in the Democratic Party. In contrast, @GOP has become the party of antivaxers.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/04/19/gop-has-become-antivaxer/ …

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @DavidNeiwert and

      In #MI11 (my Congressional district), one of the candidates for the @MIGOP nomination held an antivax "roundtable" last year. My state senator and state rep showed up. It was clear to me that the alignment of the "health freedom" types and GOP was strong.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/03/jeff-noble-kerry-bentivolio-host-antivax/ …

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @DavidNeiwert and

      Not only that, but @GOP ran candidates for governorships who were openly antivaccine, and quite a few Republican candidates clearly felt that they had to pander to antivaxers as an important block whose support they needed to win their nominations.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @DavidNeiwert and

      At least one senator, @RandPaul, is openly antivaccine, having stated that vaccines cause autism and, with respect to vaccine mandates, “The state doesn’t own the children. Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom.”https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/02/03/is-republican-party-becoming-antivaccine-party/ …

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @DavidNeiwert and

      Basically, antivax beliefs serve the right in that they are a gateway towards weakening the regulatory state, including state health departments and, at the federal level, the @US_FDA.

      1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 9 Sep 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @DavidNeiwert and

      I checked out the Facebook post. This is actually not Oath Keepers. It's the California State Militia, First Regiment. I'm sure David is familiar with this particular antigovernment paramilitary group with a propensity to "patrol" the border looking for "illegals."

      7:16 PM - 9 Sep 2019
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