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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. Plenary Session Podcast  🎙️‏ @Plenary_Session 1 Nov 2019

      Episode 2.20 just dropped! "Courageous Skeptics", Lenalidomide in smoldering multiple myeloma, Hem/Onc ? of the week, & Andy Saultz! Back us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/plenarysession  Sign up for our mailing list: http://tinyurl.com/y4cw4656  https://soundcloud.com/plenarysession/ep220 …

      7 replies 4 retweets 13 likes
    2. Frances Acorn‏ @AcornFrances 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @Plenary_Session

      Ah, yes, I’m sure this will be a good faith discussion and not snarky and condescending at all.pic.twitter.com/M3IEaOoair

      2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
    3. Dan Freedman, DO‏ @dfreedman7 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @AcornFrances @Plenary_Session

      The opening mockingly refers to anonymous accounts as "courageous."

      2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
    4. Jonathan Howard‏ @JHowardBrainMD 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @dfreedman7 @AcornFrances @Plenary_Session

      That reminds me! There are good reasons to be anonymous other than "I don't want someone saying something to my boss." That will be my REALLY last tweet.

      1 reply 1 retweet 18 likes
    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @JHowardBrainMD @dfreedman7 and

      But avoiding harassment at work IS a legitimate reason to use a pseudonym! Harassing critics by complaining to their bosses about their online activities is how antivaxers and quacks roll. It's their go-to move to try to intimidate critics to silence.

      3 replies 9 retweets 48 likes
    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @JHowardBrainMD and

      I've lost track of how many times I've been targeted for such harassment. The first time was in 2005, when a cancer quack named William O'Neill emailed my division chief, cancer center director, and department chair with complaints and threats to sue.

      1 reply 1 retweet 21 likes
    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @JHowardBrainMD and

      One particularly painful example came in 2010, when a group of antivaxers orchestrated an email, letter, and phone campaign against me, complaining to my med school dean, dept. chair, and cancer center director, university board of governors about a made up COI.

      2 replies 2 retweets 23 likes
    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @JHowardBrainMD and

      It got so bad that my dean called me on my cell phone and asked if I felt physically threatened. I told her I didn't, but in retrospect, maybe I should have felt threatened.

      3 replies 2 retweets 25 likes
    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @JHowardBrainMD and

      This brings up a point. I work for a public university. There was no danger that I was going to be fired because of my online activity countering quackery. The same is most definitely not true of people working for private companies and community hospitals.

      2 replies 3 retweets 24 likes
    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @JHowardBrainMD and

      Even so, the anxiety involved in having to explain to high ranking university and hospital officials why the COI I was being accused of was bogus was very taxing. I almost quit my skeptical activities over it.

      1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Nov 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @JHowardBrainMD and

      Then, in 2016, Mike Adams targeted me with a campaign of libelous posts that implied I had committed crimes, been associated with an oncologist whose scam was to give chemo to patients who didn't have cancer, etc.

      6:42 AM - 2 Nov 2019
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      1 reply 2 retweets 12 likes
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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Nov 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @JHowardBrainMD and

          Adams even tried to imply that I associated with pedophiles. That's how bad it got. I seriously thought of suing, but, although I'm definitely not poor, Adams is very wealthy, thanks to his online alternative health and conspiracy theory empire.

          3 replies 2 retweets 16 likes
        3. (((Dorit Reiss)))‏Verified account @doritmi 2 Nov 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @JHowardBrainMD and

          Plus, it would have potentially gotten him some free publicity in mainstream media. Why help him get attention?

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
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