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Jun 18, 2023 β’ 5 tweets β’ 2 min read
The absurdity of a debate between @PeterHotez and RFK Jr on Rogan.
1) Science is not advanced through debate, it is advanced through experiments, research, and the detailed peer-review process.
2) It is impossible to convey the amount of information and knowledge accrued over decades in 3 hours, let alone 30 minutes. No one can convey the information in a dissertation in 30 minutes, let alone the years of knowledge in Dr. Hotez's head.
Mar 31, 2023 β’ 16 tweets β’ 4 min read
My paper with @tnicholsmd on the ethics of college vaccine mandates in colleges is out at the BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics. We found that vaccine mandates at colleges are both ethical and beneficial for the students & the community at large. A thread. jme.bmj.com/content/early/β¦
It is a direct rebuttal to the "extended essay" by Bardosh, Krug, Prasad, HΓΈeg, et al. which has been widely shared among the anti-vax circles. They cherry-picked random endpoints in medical conditions, artificially minimizing the benefits while exaggerating risks.
Dec 10, 2022 β’ 19 tweets β’ 6 min read
The new essay on the risk-benefit assessment and ethical analysis of mandate policies at universities by Bardosh, Krug, Prasad, HΓΈeg, et al. has been circulated among antivax groups and conspiracy publications. This essay presented multiple misleading analyses. A thread. π§΅
We can get to the cherry-picked numbers later, but the major issue is that they framed their arguments by comparing numbers that are not comparable, numbers that have different risk profiles. Apples and oranges. They did it in three charts. jme.bmj.com/content/early/β¦
Nov 17, 2022 β’ 16 tweets β’ 4 min read
1/ I'm tired of hearing the contrarians talking about how masks don't work as protective devices against respiratory diseases as our nation's pediatric hospitals are full of children sick with RSV/Flu and COVID continues to be the 3rd leading cause of death. A thread.π§΅
2/ The contrarians are WRONG. Some of them are already making attempts to take apart the excellent study done at the Boston School District with minor technicalities while ignoring a fundamental fact: the study is only a proxy.
