This is despicably clueless false balance, in which an antivaccine activist who is not a scientist is paired with a real physician and expert. @RobertKennedyJr is antivaccine, his risible claim to be provaccine notwithstanding. 1/https://twitter.com/Renee_Eng/status/1202633550022860800 …
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Replying to @gorskon @RobertKennedyJr
Just realized this channel invited me on last summer for a "discuss the issues" hosted talk show segment to discuss politics & medicine intersections wrt vaccines. Felt bad I couldn't schedule it, but not so now. Wonder if this MD showed up to find he was paired w/RFK Jr. Ugh...
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Replying to @RMCarpiano @RobertKennedyJr
This is why I now ALWAYS ask if anyone else will be on the show with me and, if so, who.
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Replying to @gorskon @RobertKennedyJr
Yeah, I do as well and make it clear I will not debate anti-sci guests. Was informed it would just be me for segment last May, so maybe this was a later piece as anti-SB276 activism ramped up and was treated by some press as a heavily political issue vs. public health issue.
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Replying to @PtheSto @RMCarpiano and
No, an anti-science non-expert saying things that aren’t true on air isn’t peer review and isn’t how science works. Note the absence of the flat earth activist in segments on astronomy.
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Yup. And staged TV debates are a poor venue to argue a scientific question. In the world of TV punditry certitude wins, and cranks can distort and Gish gallop to their heart’s content.
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There are tens of thousands of studies covering millions of children going back decades on
#vaccines. From all around the world. As much as you want to imagine the data away, or doesn’t work like that.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Also, science isn’t decided by the courts, which frequently get it wrong.
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