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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
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Replying to @AcornFrances @Plenary_Session
The opening mockingly refers to anonymous accounts as "courageous."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Replying to @gorskon @dfreedman7 and
Good points. Another reason to be anonymous is fake patient reviews. I’ve received just one saying horrible things about me. It doesn’t affect me due to my position. But I’m capable of stepping outside my academic box to see why some docs would want to avoid these.
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Yep. I get a lot of those. They're easy to identify because they almost alway mention my blogging or Twitter, which I NEVER bring up with patients unless they mention it first.
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