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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. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Dec 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted

      It's not just antivaxxers who view their children as extensions of themselves or their property. Far too many parents think "parental rights" are absolute and that the state should not be able to intervene when they choose quackery over medicine for life-threatening illnesses. 1/ https://t.co/VK4uVZsxTZ 

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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Dec 2019

      Even parents who don't support quackery and disapprove of the decisions of parents to choose quackery over chemotherapy for their children with treatable cancers will often shrug their shoulders and STILL say that the state shouldn't intervene. It's maddening. 2/

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Dec 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Brenda Bell

      Here's an example. It's an antivaxxer, but she doesn't go for quackery for cancer. I asked her if she thought it was OK for parents to let their child die of, say, type 1 diabetes by treating it with prayer instead of insulin. Here was her answer. 3/https://twitter.com/tmana/status/1210276999073353728?s=20 …

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      Brenda Bell @tmana
      Replying to @gorskon @joltdude
      I might not LIKE it, but I consider that a parent's prerogative
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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Dec 2019

      This attitude that parental rights are absolute kills children. It's not theoretical. It's not hypothetical. It's real, and I've written about more cases than I can remember over the last 15 years. 4/4

      5:27 AM - 31 Dec 2019
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        2. Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD‏Verified account @PeterHotez 31 Dec 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          Thanks David, in 2018 in @PLOSBiology, @ArthurCaplan and I wrote about the fundamental rights of children, including their right to be protected against serious infectious diseases. This is relevant to pending legislation in NJ coming up in January.https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000010 …

          16 replies 2 retweets 10 likes
        3. Plum Remson  🙂 😄 🙂‏ @PlumRemson 31 Dec 2019
          Replying to @PeterHotez @gorskon and

          And vaccine injuries/deaths? Do kids have a "fundamental right" to be spared those? Neither you, Arthur Caplan, nor anyone on planet can say ahead of time if particular child will be more harmed by accepting or declining a vaccine product, therefore your assertion is specious.

          0 replies 3 retweets 17 likes
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        2. thanks for banning Katie‏ @angryandafraid1 31 Dec 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          thanks for banning Katie Retweeted Brenda Bell

          Brenda even thinks sexual abuse by parents is probably okay 🤢https://twitter.com/tmana/status/1210289847627321345?s=21 …

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          Brenda Bell @tmana
          Replying to @faciliheir @gorskon @joltdude
          That depends on the social and religious culture. I'd normally say sexual abuse is out, but where does discipline end and abuse begin? Where does poverty end and abuse begin? Those are slippery slopes, and I think that as a culture, we've gone too far against the parents
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        3. thanks for banning Katie‏ @angryandafraid1 31 Dec 2019
          Replying to @angryandafraid1 @gorskon

          Oh and maybe also killing their children is fine for her

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        1. Alison Bee  🇨🇦 🦉 🍁 🍂‏ @nerdmomglitter 31 Dec 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          It can also be utterly oppressive - Fundamentalist Christians parents who don’t let their adult children get a college education because they’ve set out the path their kids must follow (especially daughters). It’s really depressing.

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        1. Gordon Haas‏ @DaKineOregon 31 Dec 2019
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          These posts are examples of why we need to have well funded, fully-staffed, strongly supported Child Protective Services in every state vigorously enforcing comprehensive laws to protect children.

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