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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. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 11 May 2020

      This part is so important. The hypercapnia dysinfo depends on the idea that CO2 can’t leave your mask and therefore you breathe it in repeatedly. CO2 is roughly 4% of exhaled air, a roughly 100X higher concentration than in room air. 16/pic.twitter.com/aKXtAz7S2o

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    2. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 11 May 2020

      This is why sticking your head in a plastic bag is dangerous. CO2 can’t escape, and as you exhale the concentration goes up continuously and you become hypercapnic. You can also become hypoxic (low oxygen) because fresh air outside the plastic bag can’t get in. 17/

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    3. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 11 May 2020

      THIS IS NOT HOW SURGICAL MASKS WORK. Inside a mask, air moves with each breath, as it’s designed to. Otherwise people would pass out quickly, and as I’ve already said, health workers routinely wear surgical masks for hrs on end - and nobody complains to the hospital employer. 18/pic.twitter.com/0b6dteUKiH

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    4. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 11 May 2020

      I admit, masks don’t feel good. They essentially need to be uncomfortable and mildly restrictive to work properly (ie, to keep out droplets). But the discomfort of your breath not moving with absolute freedom and your face getting sweaty under the mask is NOT HYPERCAPNIA. 19/

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    5. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 11 May 2020

      Can a mask be harmful for someone with a breathing disorder? Possibly yes, but this is not what the hypercapnia claim is. It’s a highly misinformed and misleading idea not based in science that wearing a mask can cause a healthy person to get sick from high CO2. 20/pic.twitter.com/19aS4040Xj

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    6. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 11 May 2020

      This claim is harmful because PPE like masks are crucial for slowing the spread of #COVID19. Masks have been attacked from various angles designed to provoke strong emotions. Fear that masks themselves cause respiratory harm may end up being the most damaging dysinfo of all. FIN

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    7. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 11 May 2020

      @HislopMD @DrPChouinard @YoniFreedhoff @MDaware @ryarmst @Kidsdoc1Rick @ETSshow @Sarah_Mojarad @MaryFernando_ @picardonhealth @carlyweeks @jkwan_md @DrJenGunter @meganranney @BogochIsaac @AntibioticDoc @janinemccready @DFisman

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    8. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 11 May 2020

      @CaulfieldTim @gorskon @RyanMarino @drlesleybarron @JillianRatti @jddneary @jmugele @NightShiftMD @uche_blackstock @NoLore @TheSGEM @jonathanstea @NaheedD @javeedsukhera @KindrachukJason @kari_jerge @IrfanDhalla @DanyaalRaza @WFKARS @SciencePharmer @DrPoorman @arghavan_salles

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    9. Vodkasour 🧢‏ @Vodkasour1 12 May 2020
      Replying to @DocMCohen @CaulfieldTim and

      You spent a LOT of time writing a lot of really good info debunking a very stupid disinformation campaign that literally not a single person who doesn’t already know it’s disinformation will ever read, much less accept. I’m sure you also know this.

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    10. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 12 May 2020
      Replying to @Vodkasour1 @CaulfieldTim and

      One of major mistakes science advocates have made is assuming that misinfo/dysinfo campaigns disseminate only through self-contained bubbles and never break through to the wider world. Anyone who still thinks this way needs to pay more attention to the anti-vax movement.

      3 replies 5 retweets 32 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 May 2020
      Replying to @DocMCohen @Vodkasour1 and

      Yup. The #COVID19 pandemic has been a master class in how disinformation breaks through to wide audiences. Hell, that "Plandemic" video was full of seemingly "stupid disinformation," and it went super-viral!

      10:49 AM - 12 May 2020
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      • Kari Jerge, MD, FACS (she/her) Family Councils Collaborative Alliance Carrionflower Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD S. Strange MD | #BLM Dr. Jonathan N. Stea Physically Distancing Dan Ryan Marino Timothy Caulfield
      2 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
        1. Clinton Coker‏ @NZWolf1980 12 May 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @DocMCohen and

          To be fair, I wouldn't have heard about Plandemic except through your account...

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        1. Vodkasour 🧢‏ @Vodkasour1 12 May 2020
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          It went “viral” amongst the crowd that was already predisposed to conspiracy theories and wrapped in confirmation bias. I challenge you to identify even a single person in this country who both A) won’t vote for Trump, and B) thinks Plandemic is at all plausible

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