I wish you did not describing responding to potentially harmful pseudoscience in such dismissive terms. We need more doctors doing it, and it’s important to prevent people from falling for things like antivaccine misinformation and fake cancer cures. This isn’t helping.
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Replying to @doritmi @VPrasadMDMPH
Not sure an anonymous account that tweets mostly angry skeptic tropes at people who already agree is "helping." In fact, I'm sure it isn't.
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Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @pxwhittle
I have seen many people interact with pseudoscience promoters politely and matter of fact. The reaction is extremely aggressive. Whether aggressive tweets or gentle tweets work better is going to depend on many things. For example, aggressive tweets get shared more.
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It’s not my style, but the accountvyoure responding to makes a meaningful contribution in many ways. For example: http://www.docbastard.net/2016/05/124-papers-that-do-not-prove-vaccines.html?m=1 …
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Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @pxwhittle
And that’s where you stop? Ignoring the fact that this person took the time to go through 144 articles and explain why the way antivaccine activists use them - claiming they cause autism - is incorrect? Just dismissing that?
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You don't understand. What Dr. Prasad does = Very Important (just ask him). What every one else does= Very Unimportant and Easy Peasy (just ask him).
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