Antivaccine beliefs, like all science denial, are a form of conspiracy theory, just like #QAnon. "9/11 Truth," or Holocaust denial. Antivaxxers are thus conspiracy theorists like QAnon believers and are thus not harmless. The potential for violence has always been there.https://twitter.com/DrPanMD/status/1355963703988944898 …
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Indeed, I've been writing about the violent rhetoric of the antivaccine movement for years, dating back to long before the
#COVID19#pandemic, for example...https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/12/03/the-violent-rhetoric-of-the-antivaccine-movement/ …1 reply 7 retweets 13 likesShow this thread -
More recently, in 2019 I noticed the violent rhetoric of the antivaccine movement intensifying. This was more than 6 months before the first case of
#COVID19 was noted in Wuhan and 10 months before@WHO declared a pandemic.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/05/03/violent-rhetoric-antivaccine-intensifies/ …2 replies 3 retweets 13 likesShow this thread
Again, science denial IS a form of conspiracy theory, and antivaxxers are among the worst and most dangerous conspiracy theorists, which is why they teamed up with #COVID19 deniers and QAnon so quickly after the #pandemic hit.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/02/01/science-denial-a-form-of-conspiracy-theory/ …
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