Mine & Dr. Peter Doshi's contribution to the NYT series on fixing the #covidvaccines rollout: "It’s needlessly divisive to use pressure, shame, or mandates...Sixty percent of people are willing — and until recently, 60 percent was the herd immunity goal."https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/coronavirus-vaccine-distribution.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage …
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First, he's not really a scientist, at least not one with any relevant expertise in vaccines. Second, it is not a "smear" to point out that Peter Doshi regularly spreads antivaccine misinformation and, because of that, is widely admired and quoted by antivaxxers.
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This is perhaps my favorite example (courtesy of
@skepticalraptor) of Peter Doshi going parroting an antivax line. I mean, for someone who claims to be an "expert" on vaccines, he doesn't even understand how the VAERS database or web browsers work.https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/peter-doshi-vaccine-denier-conspiracy-vaers/ … - Show replies
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Peter Doshi is as much of a scientist as my cat. He's a historian, an honorable profession, but he lacks any credentials in epidemiology, virology, public health, microbiology, biochemistry, cell biology, or anything related to vaccinology.
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For the fact-concerned, Doshi is a professor of pharmaceutical health services research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Research Interests: Credible evidence synthesis; evidence-based medicine; reporting biases; drug safety...[more] https://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/research/faculty/ …
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And if you don't have enough relevant knowledge of vaccine science, you may want to try your hand at sports journalism

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Is it misleading to imply that the "severe side effects" were not short-lived when they lasted ~1 day?pic.twitter.com/ZqpMU8NVfg
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I am in the Pfizer trial. I experienced 3 hrs of chills that made it hard to sleep the night after 2nd dose. I don't know if the trial classified my AEs as "severe" or not but I can tell you from personal experience that they were uncomfortable but short-lived & better than COVID
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I read the NYT Opinion piece by you and Peter Doshi and found absolutely nothing in there that justifies the negative views above. No one in her/his sane mind can negate the relevance of the points made in the article. So they take the easy way out : character assassination
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Not a scientist.
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