This has little or nothing to do with it, as the antivaccine movement has long shown. Prominent members have access, either themselves or through sympathetic contacts. They’ve long used that access to cherry pick and misrepresent the science.https://twitter.com/BettinaRyll/status/1342921143116845061 …
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Replying to @gorskon
First, I've been running a cancer patient network for 7 years now. And we are acidic about scientific education. People do not have access to scientific news- they even don't know it exists. So tabloid is what they get.
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Replying to @BettinaRyll @gorskon
I spend a *good* time of my life teaching patients how to reach scientific articles. After *how to find them and how to access them*. And those are the motivated ones- if you got a
#Melanoma killing you, learning Science isn't that scary.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @BettinaRyll @gorskon
So, no, Science isn't widely available let alone accessible. It's not because *trained* people know where to find it- it's were *everyone* knows how to find it. You know what google throws up wrt Science???
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Replying to @BettinaRyll @gorskon
I shall spare you the rant on jargon- and stupid medical jokes 'don't mix up my degree
blah' but if we don't teach people how to search and help them find real information, IMO we got no right to complain about people not knowing. WE MADE SURE THEY DIDN'T FIND US.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BettinaRyll
Again, we are talking about two very different things here.
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Replying to @gorskon
You cannot expect a magnificently educated population the day you need them to be educated. Without putting in the serious background work? Surely you agree there is no short-cut to knowledge....unfortunately.
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Replying to @BettinaRyll @gorskon
And as I'm at it- this anti-vaxxer talk is just now better. Labelling everyone who is worried about a new vaccine 'anti-vaxx' is just
. Vaccines are drugs. Drugs come with benefits and risks. That's why we got pharmacovigilance experts- those worriers about drug safety.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @BettinaRyll
Good thing, then, that that’s not what I do—or anyone else I know. I’ve spent a whole lot of time and verbiage on how to identify antivaxxers, how to distinguish them from the vaccine averse or concerned, and how to approach each. You’re attacking a straw man.
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I could go into it again, but instead I’ll try to find one of my threads or posts on the topic, which might take time because it’s much easier to find these things on my computer and I’m not on my laptop now.
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