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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.

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    1. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 20 Nov 2020

      I don't like the term "covidiots", I don't think it is helpful or warranted, and I have not used it and won't ever do so.

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    2. Marcia Banta‏ @mibanta 20 Nov 2020
      Replying to @angie_rasmussen

      Well, last night I listened to nearly six hours of "idiots about COVID" testify at City Council that masks were a communist plot, a symptom of tyranny & anyway COVID was a hoax. Grammatically correct? Better? Sorry, shaming may not convert - but then, nothing else will either.

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    3. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen 20 Nov 2020
      Replying to @mibanta

      It's frustrating for sure. But we can't convince people that they should act otherwise by telling them they are stupid or they suck.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 21 Nov 2020
      Replying to @angie_rasmussen @mibanta

      You’re not going to persuade these people that there should act otherwise. You’re just not. #COVID19 denial is too much part of their identity. Changing it is as hard as trying to change their religion. The only hope is to inoculate others against the disinformation they spread.

      10:54 AM - 21 Nov 2020
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        1. David Ridley‏ @RidleyDM 21 Nov 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @angie_rasmussen @mibanta

          Calling the incorrigible ones covidiots isn't a good way to do that, either.

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        2. MiketheMadBiologist‏ @mikethemadbiol 21 Nov 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @angie_rasmussen @mibanta

          Everything we learned fighting anti-vaxx & creationism in the 2000s seems to have been forgotten. It's so much harder than just coming up with a magical phrase http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2006/08/cracks-in-wall-part-ii-listening-to.html …

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        3. Undafiend|Foundation‏ @undafiend 21 Nov 2020
          Replying to @mikethemadbiol @gorskon and

          Yet the findings from 2 decades ago themselves need updating. For example, there's no evidence that the passage below, so neatly applied to those KIA, would apply to deaths from COVID under Trump. It's not as simple as remembering old deprogramming tricks.pic.twitter.com/byjwlBf42i

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        1. Nikolas Dietis ᴾʰᴰ‏ @Dietis_Lab_UCY 21 Nov 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @angie_rasmussen @mibanta

          I fully agree. Deniers don't care about logic or arguments. However, we still need to interact with them & provide arguments to their outrageous statements because we need to PROTECT the people receiving their preaching. THESE are the ones we should protect from misinformation.

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        1. Carrionflower‏ @Carrionflower1 21 Nov 2020
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          It is a cult! This stuff was introduced and weaponized by Facebook and Right wing media. They are in an alternate reality.

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        1. There is no Dana, only Zuul‏ @SmudgiesMom 21 Nov 2020
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          TRUTH.

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        2. Christina‏ @renissance_1 21 Nov 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @angie_rasmussen @mibanta

          I agree-it’s more about what professionalism someone wants (needs) to display. But they are not convinced by anyone or anything when they’ve gone full denier. Sometimes mocking the militant ones has drawn interest and support from younger people, so it has uses.

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 21 Nov 2020
          Replying to @renissance_1 @angie_rasmussen @mibanta

          Mockery is also a useful tool to highlight the ridiculousness of conspiracy theories pseudoscience. It was particularly effective against homeopathy.

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        1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 21 Nov 2020
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          That THEY should act otherwise...🤦🏻‍♂️

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