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4 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
And here I bent over backwards not to jump to conclusions that this guy was an antivaxxer. But, of course, he is. I bet he’s full QAnon too. Conspiracy theories kill. tmj4.com/news/local-new…
I’d ask how the hell someone like this got through pharmacy school, but I know there are physicians who somehow got through medical school and have just as poor an understanding of basic cell biology that they belief the same nonsense about #CovidVaccine. respectfulinsolence.com/2020/10/09/mad…
Oh, geez...
Great question. I think that the tendency to conspiracy theories was likely always there, and medical and other health professional schools really do need to start grappling with the problem of keeping these people out.

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