This weekend, @nytimes published 2 pieces that undermined current public health advice on #coronavirus, from @DrDavidKatz. @tomfriedman, green lighted by @jimdao & @JBennet. I lost my shit yesterday on the 4 of them, but thought a more calm exposition of views might be good. 1/
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Replying to @gregggonsalves @nytimes and
Dr. Katz links to a lot of dubious stuff on his website. For example...pic.twitter.com/SxjyoogViR
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Replying to @gorskon @gregggonsalves and
Yep - I can tell you about him offline he taught one of my med school classes at Yale Med...This tweet make me realize is need to start creating collections of experts we should be listening to...
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Replying to @ranjitbindra @gregggonsalves and
Yale, also, is a hotbed of "integrative medicine" quackery.
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Replying to @gorskon @ranjitbindra and
In fact, I've been writing about Dr. Katz for a while now, starting when he first espoused a "more fluid form of evidence than many of us have imbibed from our medical educations" to justify acupuncture, homeopathy, etc.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2008/05/19/integrative-medicine-at-yale-a-more-flui/ …
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Replying to @gorskon @ranjitbindra and
Indeed, Dr. Katz has been full of bad reasoning in the service of quackademic medicine for a long time. Here's an example from 2014.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/false-dilemma-of-david-katz/ …
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Replying to @gorskon @ranjitbindra and
Dr. Katz also has a major double standard when it comes to "integrative medicine" as compared to "conventional medicine."https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/on-integrative-medicine-and-walking-and-chewing-gum-at-the-same-time/ …
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Replying to @gorskon @ranjitbindra and
Bottom line: Given his history, no one should be surprised that Dr. Katz's hot take on
#COVID19 was so clueless. He has a long history of embracing bad science and bad reasoning. Certainly, I'm not.1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @ranjitbindra and
Can you document? He puts himself forth as a "serious" epidemiologist and physician.
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Replying to @gregggonsalves @ranjitbindra and
Ask
@stevennovella. He's at@YaleMed too. He knows. Besides my posts linked to above, Steve has written about Dr. Katz too.https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/david-katz-does-not-understand-science-based-medicine/ …3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
More from @stevennovella...https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/david-katz-tilts-at-straw-men/ …
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