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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 9 Jan 2017

    Anti-vaccine rant exposes pseudoscience rampant in many prestigious clinics w "alternative" quackery. https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/09/hospitals-embrace-alternative-medicine/ … via @statnews

    10:37 PM - 9 Jan 2017
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      2. Dean Pomerleau‏ @deanpomerleau 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Dean Pomerleau Retweeted Steven Pinker

        Not so simply @sapinker. Would you deny dubious but harmless, placebo-leveraging&hope-giving alt-treatments to patients w/ end-stage cancer?https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/818708284756529154 …

        Dean Pomerleau added,

        Steven PinkerVerified account @sapinker
        Anti-vaccine rant exposes pseudoscience rampant in many prestigious clinics w "alternative" quackery. https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/09/hospitals-embrace-alternative-medicine/ … via @statnews
        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. JoeWV‏ @JOEWV 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @deanpomerleau @sapinker

        @statnews so you want to let predators fleece families of their money in order to give false hope.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Dean Pomerleau‏ @deanpomerleau 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @JOEWV

        Dean Pomerleau Retweeted JoeWV

        Didn't say that @JOEWV. Said "Not so simple." Doctors can & 50% say they DO help patients by prescribing placebos. → http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/health/24placebo.html@sapinker …https://twitter.com/JOEWV/status/818790153279967232 …

        Dean Pomerleau added,

        JoeWV @JOEWV
        Replying to @deanpomerleau @sapinker
        @statnews so you want to let predators fleece families of their money in order to give false hope.
        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. JoeWV‏ @JOEWV 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @deanpomerleau

        @sapinker @statnews actual treatments have actual effect + placebo effect. Hence requirement for placebo adjusted studies

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Dean Pomerleau‏ @deanpomerleau 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @JOEWV

        Dean Pomerleau Retweeted JoeWV

        Placebo eff. real&can help patient, but only if patient believes. Sometime patient best served if Dr shades truth. Complex. @sapinkerhttps://twitter.com/JOEWV/status/818811315401658369 …

        Dean Pomerleau added,

        JoeWV @JOEWV
        Replying to @deanpomerleau
        @sapinker @statnews actual treatments have actual effect + placebo effect. Hence requirement for placebo adjusted studies
        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Ben Locwin‏ @BenLocwin 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @deanpomerleau

        even if patients are aware of placebo possibility, they still respond positively. https:// http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/07/01/know-placebo-effect-biological-genetic …

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. Dean Pomerleau‏ @deanpomerleau 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BenLocwin

        Dean Pomerleau Retweeted Ben Locwin

        Great article on the power of placebos @BenLocwin. But nowhere does it support your claim that placebos can work w/o patient conviction.https://twitter.com/BenLocwin/status/818821582479118336 …

        Dean Pomerleau added,

        Ben Locwin @BenLocwin
        Replying to @deanpomerleau
        even if patients are aware of placebo possibility, they still respond positively. https:// http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/07/01/know-placebo-effect-biological-genetic …
        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Ben Locwin‏ @BenLocwin 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @deanpomerleau

        that one references Kaptchuk's work with us in which that was a primary outcome to test. Check herehttp://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-know-placebo-201607079926 …

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      2. Paul Hughes‏ @Dymaxion7 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        @Steve_Lockstep - infant vaccine concerns not unmeritted. Amygdala dev @12-18 months. See:https://goo.gl/w2OmBS 

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. JoeWV‏ @JOEWV 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Dymaxion7 @PaulHughes7 and

        concerns about infectious disease epidemics not unmerited either.See all of human history for ref

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. Bill Beacon‏ @CPbeacon 9 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        My eyes glaze at the word "wellness" @sapinker @statnews

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      2. Julie King‏ @jgfk66 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @statnews

        So much is lost in black-white thinking re: vax, to society's peril. Factors: DNA, vax solutions/preservatives #openmind

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. JoeWV‏ @JOEWV 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @jgfk66 @sapinker @statnews

        which vax preventable infectious disease are you alright with returning to kill thousands every year

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Julie King‏ @jgfk66 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @JOEWV @sapinker @statnews

        Perfect example of all or nothing black and white thinking.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. JoeWV‏ @JOEWV 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @jgfk66 @sapinker @statnews

        because it is black and white. You either prevent epidemics through vax or you don't. Where's the grey area?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Julie King‏ @jgfk66 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @JOEWV @sapinker @statnews

        Vaccines need to be and can be improved. Currently dangerous for many. Little progress #stigma #profit #fear

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. JoeWV‏ @JOEWV 10 Jan 2017
        Replying to @jgfk66 @sapinker @statnews

        the diseases they prevent are much more dangerous. Rubella in the 1960s caused 200,000 birth defects.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      8. End of conversation
      1. Fabio Chaves‏ @fabiogaucho77 27 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @statnews

        stop using the same talking points. Go in the offensive and declare homeopathy causes impotence. Post-truth world baby!!

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      1. Michael Titman‏ @tvadakia 13 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @statnews

        This is becoming increasingly important.

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