Thread by @gorskon

WTF, @PolitiFact? I just learned from @BarryKarr that you marked an article by me on @ScienceBasedMed posted to @center4inquiry's @Facebook page as "False and spreading disinformation." Again, WTF? This is the article. 1/ sciencebasedmedicine.org/can-mrna-based…

Seriously, @PolitiFact, read it again. It does EXACTLY the opposite and says basically the same thing as your own article on the subject of #COVIDVaccine and prion disease, just in more detail. 2/ politifact.com/factchecks/202…

I mean, really, @PolitiFact, haven't you ever heard of Betteridge's law of headlines? Did you even bother to read the intro blurb that points out J. Bart Classen's idea is based on bad speculative science? 3/

I said much the same thing as the @ACSHorg post you cited, again, only in more detail. 4/ acsh.org/news/2021/02/1…

Seriously, @Poynter and @PolitiFact, by marking my post as "spreading disinformation," you screwed up most embarrassingly, making me think you're relying on brain dead FB algorithms or that you can't read. Read it again. 5/ sciencebasedmedicine.org/can-mrna-based…

Basically, @sciencebasedmed, founded by @stevennovella and , exists to counter medical disinformation such as the claim by J. Bart Classen that #COVIDVaccine can cause Alzheimer's disease or prion diseases. Do better. 🙄 6/6

Oops. One little mistake was pointed out by @BarryKarr. It doesn't change the magnitude of @PolitiFact's mistake. 6a/6

https://twitter.com/BarryKarr/status/1366090688325160962?s=20

Sorry about that, @BarryKarr...

Thanks, and hopefully this is not a problem again.

https://twitter.com/angieholan/status/1366140885927403524