Of course, those of us who've been battling the antivaccine movement for decades could have warned Dr. Jha about this, as antivaxxers have used this same technique for years and years to "stack the deck" at public hearings.https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1329646433860001795 …
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
Again, this is a classic crank disinformation technique. Cancer quack Stanislaw Burzynski used it extensively every time there were hearings about his antineoplastons quackery. Antivaxxers use it all the time whenever vaccine mandates are discussed.https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1329646434644336642?s=20 …
David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPHVerified account @ashishkjhaThe hearing was a testament to how politicized science has become I shared evidence of studies that have failed to find benefit of HCQ 3 other witnesses shared personal experiences And suggested my testimony was reckless because it would deny people access to lifesaving HCQShow this thread1 reply 4 retweets 43 likesShow this thread -
Indeed, Stanislaw Burzynski was an expert at mobilizing his patients who believed in him to besiege lawmakers with tales of "miracle cures" and to tell them that if they shut Burzynski down they'd be killing thousands of cancer patients. Again, nothing new under the sun.
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Another example:
#righttotry. Whenever RTT laws came up for consideration, advocates would gather families of dying patients, who would make incredibly sympathetic witnesses. Those speaking against RTT? They were the villains. It happened in Michigan.1 reply 2 retweets 27 likesShow this thread -
I knew someone who testified against
#righttotry in Michigan. He was outnumbered, outgunned, and viewed by patient advocates as though he were Satan incarnate wanting to kill their relatives.1 reply 2 retweets 21 likesShow this thread -
#Hydroxychloroquine advocates are very similar. They emphasize anecdotal evidence and unreliable, bias-prone observational trials over controlled randomized trials and really, really believe that HCQ is saving lives.4 replies 4 retweets 32 likesShow this thread -
Any attempt to inject science into the discussion of
#Hydroxychloroquine to treat#COVID19 results in personal attacks and accusations that the one speaking up for science wants more COVID patients to die.1 reply 6 retweets 29 likesShow this thread -
#Hydroxychloroquine advocates even have their own "miracle cure" testimonials that very much resemble the "miracle cure" testimonials used by patients of cancer quacks. The testimonials don't show that the drug worked, but sound convincing to lay people.1 reply 4 retweets 31 likesShow this thread -
Indeed, I was writing about the similarity between
#Hydroxychloroquine "miracle cure" testimonials and the same sort of "miracle cure" testimonials used by cancer quacks to promote their quackery.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/miracle-cure-testimonials-aside-azithromycin-and-hydroxychloroquine-probably-do-not-work-against-covid-19/ …4 replies 5 retweets 38 likesShow this thread
Was writing about this IN APRIL.
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Replying to @gorskon
I think that had Steve Jobs gone for immediate conventional treatment he might well be alive today. The other one that is truly a sad case was Makayla Sault here in Canada.
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