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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
sciencebasedmedicine.org
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted John Cook

      The idea is simple. Get some fringe scientists or experts to start a petition or sign a letter or “declaration” in order to give the appearance of legitimate scientific controversy and doubt about a scientific consensus.https://twitter.com/johnfocook/status/1314301046756384794 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      0:24
      John Cook @johnfocook
      Magnified minority is a denial technique amplifying the contrarians' significance to convey the impression of expert disagreement. The Global Warming Petition Project uses this technique: it amounts to less than 1% of U.S. science graduates (full video at http://youtu.be/gecDy9wDuCs ) pic.twitter.com/e9jHZH4qmg
      5 replies 77 retweets 211 likes
    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman

      Of course, the three scientists needing #GreatBarringtonDeclaration are generally well regarded, but only one of them, Sunetra Gupta, is an infectious disease epidemiologist. The other two are a biostatistician and a doctor interested in health economics.

      4 replies 7 retweets 28 likes
    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman

      Scientists #BEHIND #GreatBarringtonDeclaration (damned predictive typing). Onward...

      1 reply 2 retweets 20 likes
    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman

      All it takes is one fringe legitimate expert, though, often not even that. If the science deniers can’t find a legitimate expert, the usual fake think tank experts will do; e.g., @SWAtlasHoover.

      1 reply 12 retweets 38 likes
    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman @SWAtlasHoover

      Then, the vast majority of the signatories end up not being legitimate experts. Oh, many might have advanced degrees, but few will have relevant degrees and expertise.

      1 reply 4 retweets 27 likes
    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman @SWAtlasHoover

      Basically, #GreatBarringtonDeclaration is no different from the many statements/petitions produced by climate science deniers (who are the most prolific users of the propaganda technique of magnified minority). Creationists, HIV/AIDS deniers, and 9/11 Truthers have used it too.

      1 reply 10 retweets 41 likes
    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman @SWAtlasHoover

      #GreatBarringtonDeclaration is magnified minority backed by a right wing free market fundamentalist climate science denying think tank, @aier, nothing more. The three scientists behind it are either useful idiots or complicit in spreading disinformation, more likely the latter.

      3 replies 12 retweets 44 likes
    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman and

      Unfortunately, #GreatBarringtonDeclaration has been a smashing success as propaganda, amplified by @FoxNews and right wing media and given largely credulous coverage by the mainstream press as evidence of “scientists against lockdown” and a “huge” controversy that isn’t huge.

      2 replies 12 retweets 35 likes
    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman and

      Few have been the skeptical reports, at least compared to the right wing amplification and the more “balanced” (i.e., credulous) mainstream news reports. And now @SWAtlasHoover bright #GreatBarringtonDeclaration to @realDonaldTrump’s attention and it’s become de facto US policy.

      1 reply 6 retweets 21 likes
    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman and

      Those behind #GreatBarringtonDeclaration will be complicit with @realDonaldTrump and @SWAtlasHoover in causing through neglect tens of hundreds of thousands of additional #COVID19 deaths that might have been avoided.

      1 reply 5 retweets 24 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman and

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Kausik

      Meanwhile, the scientists behind it deny responsibility and make excuses for not saying hot their “Focused Protection” will work because they are not experts in implementation.🙄🤦🏻‍♂️https://twitter.com/kausikdatta22/status/1318525494170628096 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

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      Kausik @kausikdatta22
      Replying to @kausikdatta22 @apoorva_nyc and 6 others
      “Not an expert in implementation” is such a deeply & shamefully unethical, responsibility-shirking, cover-your-own-arse-while-pontificating-from-the-ivory-tower kinda stance from supposed “experts” in #publichealth who are promulgating policy that affects a large number of folks! https://twitter.com/apoorva_nyc/status/1318313117886054400 … pic.twitter.com/JBjM1AcTRD
      5:32 AM - 25 Oct 2020
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      3 replies 10 retweets 27 likes
        1.  ⚛️Rudy DM ⚛️‏ @Spectracular 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman and

          This is brilliant though. I could just hypothesize anything but not take ownership because I am not an expert at implementation. Let's start with time travel...

          0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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        1. aka Steve the Pfizered‏ @Anton_P_Nym 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @paulkrugman and

          Everyone must immediately implement this policy of mine that I have no idea how to implement. I see no possible way this could go terribly, terribly wrong. I am a genius.

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