My favorite moment today was when Naomi Wolf’s husband (who is—surprise!—an anti-vaxxer & conspiracy theorist) threatened to use the Freedom of Information Act on me to find out all about the vaccine research we do @DukeU @DukeCPIGH @DukeGHI @DukeMargolis. This is gonna be fun 
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Also, even before I realized my email could be FOIAed, I tried very hard to keep my blog work and my real job's work separate.
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FOI is a crucial tool in a democracy. Those of us accountable to it, (presuming we are sane & well intentioned) require the support of our institutions. That this process can be corrupted and weaponized defeats its intent.
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At least, they are wielded against scientists that way, as threats Anna harassment; e.g., GMOs, climate scientists, and now vaccine researchers and science advocates. I myself have been at the receiving end. I know.