Don't get me wrong. I'm happy that there are doctors like Dr. Jha, who want to try to push back against #COVID19 disinformation. I just wish they'd seek advice from people who've been doing this sort of thing for a very long time in different contexts.
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@stevennovella,@HHSkepDoc, and, yes, I could easily have predicted how this session would go. We've seen this movie many, many times before for similar committee "investigations" over vaccines, homeopathy, bogus cancer treatments, and more.2 replies 1 retweet 32 likesShow this thread -
David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
Again, there is nothing new under the sun. This is EXACTLY how such committee meetings have gone when it comes to vaccine mandates,
#righttotry, Stanislaw Burzynski's cancer quackery, homeopathy, and more topics than I can remember. No surprise here.https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1329646435420270592?s=20 …David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
Then, of course, there are ALWAYS conspiracy theories. This is the same message that's been promoted by, for example, antivaxxers, basically forever. Why was Dr. Jha surprised? Conspiracy theories are at the heart of all science denial.https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1329646436993163270?s=20 …
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPHVerified account @ashishkjhaI tried to explain that doctors don’t want to kill their patients by withhold therapy But evidence matters They tried to flip the narrative: that evidence was misinformation And “art of medicine” was what mattered And most amzing? That@US_FDA,@NIH, Pharma were all corruptShow this thread1 reply 7 retweets 25 likesShow this thread -
David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
NOW, Dr. Jha is starting to "get it." Skeptics who've been combatting disinformation for decades could have prepared him. We can prepare other doctors, whom we welcome to the struggle.https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1329646438641446912?s=20 …
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Sadly, though, as was the case with Carl Sagan three decades ago, scientists and physicians tend to view this sort of work as "beneath them," as too obvious and easy, as "dunking on a 7' hoop." It took a pandemic as devastating as
#COVID19 to get them to start to see the light.1 reply 2 retweets 22 likesShow this thread -
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#COVID19 hasn't brought all of them around, though. We still see the "science purists" pooh-poohing what we do.2 replies 2 retweets 24 likesShow this thread -
I predict that, when
#COVID19 is finally under control and things are getting more or less back to normal, the pendulum will swing back and appreciation for what skeptics do will fade back to where it was before the pandemic. Memories are short. /end (for now)3 replies 2 retweets 32 likesShow this thread -
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Again, as I said, all science denial is based in conspiracy theories. Thanks to David for showing up in my mentions and helping to inadvertently illustrate that. https://twitter.com/DRMartinLLC/status/1329781775938310150?s=20 …
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What about greed and/or ignorance? Plenty of science denial coming from there it seems...
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True, but, even so, there is *always* a conspiracy theory (and often more than one) at the heart of every example if science denial. Always. (If there’s an exception to this rule, I have yet to find it.)
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If you do, let me know. I've never found an exception in my years of watching climate science denial and I've not seen an exception to this rule in pandemic denial either.
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True. What about historical examples like the church and the heliocentric model?
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