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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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    1. AltPan‏ @altdrpan 11 Jan 2020

      The Video Vixen is attempting to refute my statement that she's not a nurse. She's not a nurse. Hot tip: If you want to keep your identity a secret, don't share PDFs with your full name in the web address. 😉pic.twitter.com/6NpoCWG4ua

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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 11 Jan 2020
      Replying to @altdrpan

      Actually, she is a nurse. She’s just not licensed. I hate this particular provaccine trope. Andrew Wakefield is still a physician, just delicensed. Not having a license doesn’t change your being a nurse or doctor.

      5 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
    3. AltPan‏ @altdrpan 11 Jan 2020
      Replying to @gorskon

      I've had this conversation a few times. Words matter. I went to school & graduated 2nd in my class as a CDA. I was a CDA, I am not currently a CDA. She has no reason, other than appealing to own authority, for wearing scrubs to the capital or calling herself Sandra RN on FB.

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 11 Jan 2020
      Replying to @altdrpan

      So don’t say she isn’t a nurse. That is lying. Say she’s unlicensed. She IS. A nurse, however. We shouldn’t lie about that.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    5. AltPan‏ @altdrpan 11 Jan 2020
      Replying to @gorskon

      I respect you a great deal Dr Gorski, so I won't defend myself being called a liar, with my usual flair. I disagree. She is not a nurse. She WAS a nurse. She can be a nurse again, but at this moment, if she practiced as a nurse, she would be a criminal.

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 11 Jan 2020
      Replying to @altdrpan

      Defend yourself all you like. She IS a nurse, just unlicensed. Words do matter, and you’re on the wrong side of this.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 11 Jan 2020
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      For instance, she could run a clinic or be in nursing administration without a license, as long as she doesn’t do direct patient care. That’s still nursing.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 11 Jan 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @altdrpan

      I realize that mine is not a popular opinion on this issue. I always piss people on “my side” off whenever I express it. I understand It’s very satisfying to claim that, for example, Wakefield is not a physician, for instance. That doesn’t make it right or correct.

      7:59 PM - 11 Jan 2020
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        1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 11 Jan 2020
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          And I will call this technique out whenever or wherever I see it. I don’t care who on “my side” is using it or how much I might admire them otherwise.

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        1. AltPan‏ @altdrpan 11 Jan 2020
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          I give zero fks about popular opinion. I do care about being treated as less than.

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        1. CHUM‏ @MTB_CHUM 11 Jan 2020
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          Dammit dude....I usually don’t mind being wrong, but this one is irritating. I begrudgingly agree with you. That unlicensed numpty is still a nurse. Dammity-damn-dammit with a splash of argh!

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