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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. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      We are watching the anti-vaxx movement become radicalized into far right extremism. In real time. A THREAD:

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    2. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      As a homeschool parent, I have long traveled in the same circles as anti-vaxx Moms. I disagreed with their views on vaccines, but overall these Moms were politically progressive. Woo woo, anti-science, but overall... progressive.

      5 replies 8 retweets 69 likes
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    3. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      And I was always nervous about the growing backlash against them online. The vitriol of it. The anger and condemnation and blame. Even as I agreed with the people who were spitting mad.

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    4. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      Alienated from progressive circles, I’ve watched as they’ve been sucked in... by medical charlatans, by conspiracy theories, by anti-government and anti-public health narratives. Every year on social media, their posts get a little wilder, a little more desperate.

      3 replies 9 retweets 82 likes
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    5. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      Enter Covid-19. A global pandemic where the ONLY way out of a medical hellscape for us and future generations is... a global vaccination program. The anti-vaxxers, now primed for fear and conspiracy, immediately on high alert.

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    6. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      Enter the anti-vaxx charlatans. Del, Dr. T, the Instagram-ready angel Moms, etc. They rush in to fill the void of fear with more disinformation. Deeper conspiracies. More and more anger. And to their delight... they reach a MUCH wider audience than they expect. That audience?

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    7. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      The far right. Extremist groups, MAGA madmen, Boogaloo boys. All immediately and loudly join the chorus. And an unholy alliance is immediately born, and quickly cemented. A slick documentary gives it all the sheen of reality.

      1 reply 8 retweets 72 likes
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    8. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      And what about my sweet homeschool Moms, just trying to figure out what’s best for their kids in a sea of disinformation? I’m watching them become radicalized into the far right. In real time. On Facebook.

      4 replies 8 retweets 86 likes
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    9. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      I’ve watched as people who I would have counted as compassionate and caring have begun to align themselves with hate. And all the while, their anti-vaxx leaders fall further and further away from reality, greedily lapping up the new fans, new income streams, new reach.

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    10. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020

      I don’t have any answers here. I’ve know for years that anger and condemnation don’t work. That begs the question... what the hell does? For now, I just want to share that I have a window into what is happening— The anti-vaxx is taking a hard and fast RIGHT turn into hate. /END

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 11 May 2020
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      It's not "hard and fast." This rightward drift of the antivax movement has been going on at least a decade. It accelerated during the political battle over #SB277 in California in 2015, accelerated more with the rise of @realDonaldTrump, and still more with the #COVID19 pandemic.

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        1. Liz Beall‏ @beallwether 11 May 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @realDonaldTrump

          In my circles, hard and fast. Some went to SB277 protests. But they were devastated by the 2016 election. Now they’re suddenly ready to re-elect. I can’t tell you what % of the movement they represent. But I can tell you it’s a swift radicalizing.

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