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.
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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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Replying to @gorskon
I just think we should drop the TERM all together. Because, frankly, if you were not watchful about a first vaccine against a corona virus ever with a new MOA that got trialled and approved in record speed then I'd think you just didn't understand much about drug development....
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Replying to @BettinaRyll
I’m not going to drop a term that accurately describes a movement. That’s EXACTLY what real antivaxxers want and would be a major victory for them.
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Replying to @RealJesseLuke @gorskon
I think many with a scientific training do not realise how much we absorb that type of thinking. That doesn't mean that people without a scientific training can't think straight- they just don't think by our rules.
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Accusing them of being stupid- ignorant- dangerous- mal intended- that's just plain wrong. Firstly, it's not fair- blaming people for something they never learned is BS. And then being surprised about the backlash- that's just abysmal strategy.
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Antivaxxers that I’ve encountered have all had people try to explain nicely to them why they are wrong. They reject the explanations. Again, being antivax is not the result of an information deficit.
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