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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. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Health Watch

      Because grifters gonna grift, and the Bollinger are, if nothing else, prolific grifters, starting with cancer quackery and now in antivaccine pseudoscience and conspiracy theories. Also, when it comes to antivaxxers, there's always an element of grift. Always. 1/https://twitter.com/HealthWatch123/status/1358776985460355075 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Health Watch @HealthWatch123
      CNN exposes Trump-loving anti-vaxxers who have gotten rich at the expense of public health https://www.rawstory.com/anti-vaxxers/  @CaulfieldTim @DrJenGunter @DrPanMD @juliaoftoronto @voxdotcom @CPHA_ACSP @FriendsOfSciMed @gorskon
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

      Before they discovered how profitable antivaccine quackery is, the Bollingers have a long history of being truly horrible when it comes to cancer quackery. 2/

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

      For example, there is the tragic case of Cassandra Callender, a teen with cancer whom the Bollingers exploited most shamefully a few years ago. 3/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-sad-but-unexpectedly-hopeful-cancer-saga-of-cassandra-callender/ …

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

      Sadly, Cassandra Callender did not survive her cancer. Unsurprisingly, her mother blames not the quacks who exploited them (like the Bollingers), but the doctors and child protective services workers who tried to save her life. 4/https://www.wfsb.com/news/mother-of-cassandra-callender-speaks-out-after-her-death/article_ff9ce6bc-97be-11ea-b8ff-13904fb5307e.html …

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

      Indeed, Ty Bollinger and his wife are among the most influential "chemo truthers," quacks and conspiracy theorists who claim that chemotherapy doesn't work against cancer and that "they" are hiding the evidence for that and "natural cures" for cancer. 5/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/chemo-truthers/ 

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

      Indeed, the Bollingers' "Truth About Cancer" video series, which has been enormously influential in the world of cancer "natural cures," is chock full of misinformation, disinformation, pseudoscience, quackery, and conspiracy theories. 6/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-truth-about-cancer-series-is-untruthful-about-cancer/ …

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    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

      Again, besides the disinformation, the series peddles the conspiracy theory that there is a "war on nonconventional doctors" to "suppress" their "natural cures," all because big pharma wants to profit. It's an old conspiracy theory, going back decades, to laetrile and earlier. 7/

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

      Indeed, it's just further evidence to support my hypothesis that all science denial (in this case, denial of science-based oncology and surgery) is a form of conspiracy theory. 8/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/all-science-denial-is-a-form-of-conspiracy-theory/ …

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

          The reason all science denial is a form of conspiracy theory is that there has to be an explanation for why science rejects the claims of science deniers and quacks. That reason is *always* some sort of "conspiracy" to "suppress" the "truth" the science denier is promoting. 9/

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

          It is, of course, unsurprising that Ty Bollinger has pivoted to antivaccine quackery and #COVID19 denial. Since the pandemic began nearly a year ago, that's where the most lucrative grift is and that's where the most wild conspiracy theories are. 10/10

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Feb 8

          Forgot to mention: One interesting wrinkle. Cassandra Callender stopped her therapy when she turned 18, but after she relapsed she went back to conventional medicine. Unfortunately, by that point her odds of survival were much worse, and unfortunately she didn't survive. 10a/10

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