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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.

Michigan, USA
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    1. 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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    5. Vodkasour 🧢‏ @Vodkasour1 12 May 2020

      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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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 May 2020
      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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    7. Ryan Marino‏Verified account @RyanMarino 12 May 2020
      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.

      6 replies 6 retweets 16 likes
    8. Michelle Cohen, MD‏Verified account @DocMCohen 12 May 2020
      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.

      2 replies 2 retweets 11 likes
    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 May 2020
      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.

      2 replies 2 retweets 8 likes
    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 May 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @DocMCohen and

      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.

      1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 12 May 2020
      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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