The only change I’d make is one of emphasis. The antivaccine movement is based at its heart on a conspiracy theory that vaccines are harmful/don’t work but “they” (CDC, medical profession, big pharma, etc.) are “suppressing” that forbidden knowledge.
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#COVID19 denial is based on a similar conspiracy theory that COVID is engineered/not that deadly/plot to impose vaccination, but that “they” (CDC, deep state, public health infrastructure, etc.) are “suppressing” that knowledge.Show this thread -
The examples in the antivax world are numerous. Indeed,
@delbigtree and@DrWakefield’s VAXXED was based on the#CDCwhistleblower conspiracy theory, which claimed that the CDC was covering up evidence that MMR increased the risk of autism in African-American boys.Show this thread -
Before that, in 2005,
@RobertKennedyJr promoted the Simpsonwood conspiracy theory that claimed that—you guessed it!—the CDC covered up evidence that thimerosal in vaccines caused autism.Show this thread -
Indeed, pretty much all science denial is rooted in conspiracy theories in which scientists are portrayed as “suppressing” evidence supporting their denial. /end
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Oh, one other thing. I don’t know if I I could’ve subjected myself to so many hours of
@delbigtree without risking alcohol poisoning from the amount of scotch that would’ve been required to endure his ranting. So kudos to@doritmi and@aetiology for their constitutions.
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And I say this as someone who watched
@vaxxedthemovie and both@plandemicseries movies.
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I lost a life-long friend in part because of both of these
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I am sorry
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