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.
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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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Do you know anyone who was initially pro-vaccine who then converted to antivax after hearing antivax propaganda? Ever known anyone who’s ever known anyone like this? I’m going to guess no. Again, just a hunch. People who believe this sh*t are committed to believing sh*t
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Replying to @Vodkasour1 @DocMCohen and
Know personally? No. Know of? Yes. As for the other direction, our goal is not to "convert" hard core antivaxxers. Our goal is to inoculate those who might be susceptible to antivaccine propaganda against the misinformation behind the propaganda, to make them less susceptible.
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Replying to @gorskon @Vodkasour1 and
I personally know highly educated, otherwise very good people, who converted to antivaxx based off of online disinfo. It wasn’t like a switch flipped one day, but they’ve slipped into all the conspiracies now and years later I don’t even recognize who they were anymore.
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Replying to @RyanMarino @gorskon and
It's a slow drip drip drip of pseudoscience, and like water shaping rock over time, it can have a massive impact.
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Replying to @DocMCohen @RyanMarino and
Also, if it aligns with the person's belief system, ideology, identity, etc., it's more effective. That's how antivaxxers have gotten a lot of conservatives on board with antivax beliefs. It starts with the "health freedom" and "parental rights" arguments.
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Those naturally resonate with small government, anti-regulation conservatives. Once those conservatives buy into the "freedom" argument, they start hearing the conspiracy theories and pseudoscience from their new allies, which further feeds their distrust of elites.
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Replying to @gorskon @DocMCohen and
It's a self-reinforcing circle. The more distrust of elites and "freedom," the more susceptible they become to the pseudoscience and conspiracy theories, which further feed their distrust of elites and government. After a while, they're too far down the rabbit hole to come back.
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