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4 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
It's truly depressing to me that there are journalists who, months after #CovidVaccine was released, there are still reporters who write stories that assume that a death after the vaccine was caused by the vaccine. @PatchTweet, do better. patch.com/michigan/plymo…
Any death is tragic, but writing a story like this before medical authorities investigate is basically fodder for antivaxxers.
And...it has begun.
I will give my local news @Local4News credit for handling this story a bit better than average, by pointing out that this poor woman died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding), not any sort of clotting.

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I've been warning about the likelihood of antivaxxers arming themselves and becoming violent for years. Now it appears to be on the verge of happening, with "Mamalitia." 1/
The receipts begin. Five years ago, I first started becoming concerned about the increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery used by the antivaccine movement. 2/ respectfulinsolence.com/2015/12/03/the…
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Seeing antivaxxers try to use the existence of breakthrough cases of #COVID19 after #CovidVaccine as some sort of slam-dunk proof that the vaccines don't work is causing flashbacks to antivaxxers claiming that MMR doesn't work because some kids get measles after being vaccinated.
Truly, everything old is new again. I (and my fellow vaccine advocates) have been warning that antivaxxers would use this tactic to demonize #CovidVaccine for months now, as well as others. None of the disinformation techniques used by antivaxxers is a surprise to us.
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This explains a lot. I like to refer to it as the cult of the brave maverick doctor. @AAPSonline epitomizes this attitude that EBM-based doctors are “sheep” following the “herd.”
Here’s a hint. Andrew Wakefield is a brave maverick doctor. So is Scott Atlas. Stanislaw Burzynski is a brave maverick doctor too. Jay Bhattacharya of #GreatBarringtonDeclaration has revealed himself to be a brave maverick doctor. 2/
Brave mavericks are contrarians. Occasionally (very occasionally) they can be correct, but far more often they are not. They often have a tendency to stray further and further from God science in pursuit of being a maverick. 3/
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@GYamey Interesting question. After all, you'd think that a safe and effective vaccine would be appealing to them as a tool to end the pandemic faster without lockdowns or business restrictions, wouldn't you?
@GYamey I think the issue of why #GreatBarringtonDeclaration cranks and @aier have gone full anti-#CovidVaccine and now even antivax is simple. It's a matter of invoking the bogeyman of "tyranny." 2/
@GYamey @aier Here's what I mean. The whole reason #GreatBarringtonDeclaration and @aier are so against public health interventions to slow the spread of #COVID19 is based on "freedom" and a resentment of anything that they see infringing on that "freedom," particularly business "freedom." 3/
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WTF, @PostOpinions? Publishing an article demonizing pollution by pesticides (specifically glyphosate) by two major antivaxxers? I mean, seriously, Stephanie Seneff and Jennifer Margulis? 1/ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Jennifer Margulis is a rising star in the antivaccine movement. 2/ respectfulinsolence.com/2018/04/25/jen…
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Whenever I see anyone describing those countering medical disinformation as “tribal,” those spreading misinformation as “thinking for themselves” or “encouraging thought,” and the process of countering disinformation as “debate,” I know I’m not dealing with a serious argument. 1/
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Antivaxxers love to portray themselves as iconoclasts, as “thinking for themselves,” all while portraying science advocates as close-minded and tribal and their efforts as “fostering thought and debate.” So do quacks. So do climate science deniers. 3/
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