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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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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @doritmi and

      Feedback that's of any use involves positive examples, not just criticism. So, again, why don't you tell us, or, better yet, show us how it's done, starting with antivaccine misinformation? Teach us. Help us. I'm dead serious.

      1 reply 2 retweets 18 likes
    4. Dan Freedman, DO‏ @dfreedman7 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @VPrasadMDMPH and

      Rather telling that there's no response to this.

      1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes
    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @dfreedman7 @VPrasadMDMPH and

      Of course there's no response other than to repeat,"Why don't you do what I think is important for a while instead of that stuff you do now that I consider so unimportant and easy?" He doesn't know and thus has no positive advice to give about countering the antivaccine movement.

      2 replies 2 retweets 16 likes
    6. Jonathan Howard‏ @JHowardBrainMD 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @dfreedman7 and

      The original tweet that started this makes sense. Doctors should be careful not to amplify quackery that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. Similarly, insults and mockery are likely ineffective. But this has morphed, seemingly, into doctors should not engage at all ever.

      3 replies 2 retweets 12 likes
    7. Matthew Brignall, ND‏ @drbrignall 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @JHowardBrainMD @gorskon and

      At the risk of getting one of those haymakers on my chin, I think I need to wade in. I've been in this industry for 20 years, and the way some of you describe it is awfully two dimensional. I'll see a couple patients this week who are in my office b/c they felt mocked elsewhere.

      2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
    8. Matthew Brignall, ND‏ @drbrignall 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @drbrignall @JHowardBrainMD and

      I think it is valid and fair to dunk on the leaders - Bigtree, Mercola, etc. It is also important to provide resources to help people understand why some things are science and some things are not - and I think Drs. Gorski and Howard do a good job with this.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    9. Matthew Brignall, ND‏ @drbrignall 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @drbrignall @JHowardBrainMD and

      But tone and cultural understanding are important in scicomm, and sometimes I see in these Tweetbattles that it lines up as the professionals having a go at the wacky beliefs of the population, and that always makes me nervous.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    10. Matthew Brignall, ND‏ @drbrignall 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @drbrignall @JHowardBrainMD and

      If you participate in these conversations regularly, you see that "I'm a doctor, and I know" is more likely to get a defensive blast than a change of heart. This speaks to something important, and probably will require a shift in messaging to make better.

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 29 Oct 2019
      Replying to @drbrignall @JHowardBrainMD and

      Similarly, just saying that "there's no evidence" for a given quackery, as Dr. Prasad has characterized what we do, also almost never works. If it did, then our task really would be as easy as Dr. Prasad characterizes it.

      9:40 AM - 29 Oct 2019
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