The Twitter spat itself was hilarious. Basically, it started when @LeslieManookian attacked @lifebiomedguru for not being sufficiently antivaccine in a blog post on @ageofautism attacking a @nytopinion piece on school vaccine mandates. 6/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/02/08/get-popcorn-leslie-manookian-attacks-fellow-antivaxer-james-lyons-weiler/ …
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Characteristically,
@lifebiomedguru fired back, parroting antivax talking points that school vaccine mandates are "not scientifically supported"; "unethical"; and "violate informed consent." 7/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/02/09/antivaccine-crank-fight-james-lyons-weiler-vs-manookian/ …1 reply 2 retweets 8 likesShow this thread -
In his response to
@LeslieManookian,@lifebiomedguru wrote: "Let me state this as clearly as possible: as currently formulated, vaccines are filthy, nasty vials of toxic sludge that every American citizen and parent should be able to refuse for any reason." 8/2 replies 2 retweets 8 likesShow this thread -
I wonder if
@noorchashm agrees with@lifebiomedguru that vaccines are "filthy, nasty vials of toxic sludge" or his seeming belief that vaccines might cause autism. 9/2 replies 2 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
More recently, right before the pandemic,
@lifebiomedguru teamed up with antivax pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas to do truly awful science demonizing aluminum adjuvants in vaccines. 10/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/12/20/demonizing-aluminum-adjuvants/ …2 replies 2 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
So, I ask you, my Tweeps, what do we call a physician like
@noorchashm who's so dedicated to his idée fixe that#COVIDvaccine is dangerous in those who've already had#COVID19 that he's willing to appear on the vlog of a rabid antivaxxer to push his idea? 11/4 replies 2 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
Yes, I was correct the first time; my gut instinct was correct.
@noorchashm is a useful idiot for the antivaccine movement. I now expect that he'll try to email my department chair yet again to complain about how mean and "unprofessional" I am to have said that about him. 12/124 replies 2 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @gorskon
No. I don't think I need to. You speak for yourself. A well decorated pseudo-academic with no ethical clarity on your on your blanket utilitarianism. I can't stomach so-called "physicians" like you! I know your type....There are too many infesting academic medicine these days.
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Replying to @noorchashm
More like: You know it's pointless to do so. You tried it once, and my chairman just forwarded the email to me without comment. I called your bluff.
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And I can't stomach physicians like you, who claim to be so very "provaccine," but just shrug your shoulders when incontrovertible evidence that you're being used by antivaxxers is presented to you, who proclaim "always polite!" but then go as nasty as anyone on Twitter.
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Seriously, NO SCIENTIST who is pro-vaccine (or even "not antivaccine") should EVER appear with a rabid antivaxxer like Lyons-Weiler to help him spread his message, even unintentionally. You did exactly that.
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