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Physicist David Robert Grimes Finds Conspiracies Everywhere disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/physicist-da…
If you questions vaccine side effects? Conspiracy theorist

Pesticides & radiation? Conspiracy theorist....

Clinical trials? Conspiracy!

#OriginsOfCovd Conspiracy theorist, of course! /1

Grimes excels at is wading into controversial scientific topics, for which he has little experience or publication record, and “debunking” contrary evidence and real experts as “conspiracy theorists.” @BBCJohnBeattie /2

We now better understand the rare side effects of blood clotting w/ AstraZeneca's vaccine.

But when agencies first reported these side effects, David Grimes rushed to dismiss them in an @IrishTimesOpEd in the @IrishTimes @ScienceNelson disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/physicist-da… /3

Last year, @JannesvanRoermu wrote about Grimes and several characters at the American Council on Science & Health who dismissed possible dangers of radiation.
"Although they do not enjoy any status in academia, they are able to influence the general public," said Dr. Ton Hol /4

When David Grimes sent an inflammatory letter to The BMJ, it was rejected, so he took to Twitter to complain.

Grimes has no training in Pharma regulation nor biomedical clinical trials. @ezralevin disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/physicist-da… He just has strong opinions /5

Grimes also kicked aside experts in virology, national intelligence and journalism to label #OriginsOfCovid lab leak a "conspiracy theory." Unfortunately, his strong opinion piece in @guardian has some errors. /6

In one example, he said there is one virus research lab in Wuhan, China, when there are at least two. But these facts don't get in the way when Grimes is having an opinion. @keverington @alykhansatchu disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/physicist-da… /7

On today's Internet, more than ever, opinions are useless—reporting and real expertise are invaluable.
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I invite David Grimes to consider speaking to actual experts when he needs to have an opinion in the future. /END