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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.

Michigan, USA
sciencebasedmedicine.org
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      Oddly enough, I'd never heard of this guy before he decided to insert himself into the thread about our antivax holistic cardiologist the other day, but then I'm not broadly familiar with the keto/vegan/low carb miracle diet brigade. Mea culpa, I guess. 2/

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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      Predictably, when I didn't answer him right away, he started taunting me. ("DoN'T yOu waNT tO eDuCAte PeoPle aBouT vaCcIneS???) And, of course, calling me a coward.🙄 3/

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      Also, I work for a living and can't just drop everything to cater to his whim on a Friday morning. Funny, but wasn't our friendly neighborhood vegan cardiologist too busy answering patient calls and learning about genetics to read my explanations why he was wrong about #VAERS? 4/

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      Nor do I have any particular desire to disrupt my work schedule to cater to a fake "both sides" debate about the vegan cardiologists #CovidVaccine misinformation with a moderator biased against me. 5/

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      It's not as though this is my first rodeo. Over the years, I've had the same tactic directed at me by antivaxxers, HIV/AIDS deniers, cancer quacks, and even Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra themselves. 6/

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      The answer has always been the same. I'll do a written exchange on blogs or other social media. I won't do a live debate that allows the antivaxxer or quack to Gish gallop, etc., particularly not with a biased moderator and audience. 7/

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    7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      A written exchange would actually permit a deep dive into the issue at hand, complete with time to look up relevant references from the peer-reviewed biomedical literature. 8/

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    8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      Strangely enough, not one of the people inviting me to a "live public debate" about vaccines, alternative medicine, etc., has ever said yes to this counterproposal. I wonder why... 9/

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    9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      Actually, I know why. These invitations are intended to generate heat, not light. Most importantly, they are designed to put the advocate of quackery/pseudoscience side by side with a real expert, this giving the false impression that there is a genuine scientific controversy.10/

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    10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      That's why cranks, quacks, and conspiracy theorists LOVE these sorts of "debates" and "forums." That's why I generally politely decline. 11/11

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 13

      Forgot to add: It bothers me not one whit if a quack thinks I'm a "coward" or calls me such on Twitter. 12/12

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        1. Phillip Navarro‏ @SantaCruzDad Jul 13
          Replying to @gorskon

          Yup. You don’t give legitimacy to flat-earthers

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        1. Mathew‏ @Mathew94379832 Jul 13
          Replying to @gorskon

          Awesome thread…

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        1. C Ellen Hogan  🏳️‍🌈‏ @DervishWaking Jul 13
          Replying to @gorskon

          Having a fact-based, well-reasoned, supported, and documented written exchange isn’t clickbait, so they don’t care.

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        2. Adam M Bowen‏ @adambow03688349 Jul 13
          Replying to @gorskon

          If you know the literature and understand the counterpoints (of which you should have already scrutinized), you shouldn't be afraid of having a publication-based discussion on these topics. (or even ethical, for that matter).

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 14
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          🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

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        1. Millard Fillmore White House Library‏ @FillmoreWhite Jul 14
          Replying to @gorskon

          Truth wins in a fair fight, Franklin said. That’s why we have evidence rules in federal courts. Your prospective forum proposes no rules at all, I wager. We have technology for live fact-checking. That’s not planned.

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