David Gorski, MD, PhD

Did James Randi "destroy skepticism"? - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 80d 1 tweets

Mitch Horowitz argues that the late James Randi "destroyed skepticism." Unfortunately his arguments are not what I'd call...skeptical.

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David Gorski, MD, PhD Did James Randi "destroy skepticism"?Mitch Horowitz argues that the late James Randi "destroyed skepticism." Unfortunately his arguments are not what I'd call...skeptical. 80d

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The Great Barrington Declaration: COVID-19, "magnified minority," and eugenics - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 89d 2 tweets

The Great Barrington Declaration urges a "herd immunity" approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, a very bad idea indeed.

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The Great Barrington Declaration: COVID-19, "magnified minority," and eugenics

Random surgeon bloviating 89d 1 tweets

#GreatBarringtonDeclaration: #COVID19, "magnified minority" propaganda, and eugenics When you’ve been examining pseudoscientific and quack claims for over two decades, you start to recognize patterns...

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David Gorski, MD, PhD The Great Barrington Declaration: COVID-19, "magnified minority," and eugenics - #GreatBarringtonDeclaration: #COVID19, “magnified minority” propaganda, and eugenics When you’ve been examining pseudoscientific and quack claims for over two... 89d

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Barrington Declaration Is About Economics, Not Herd Immunity | Rectofossal Ambiguity

Rectofossal Ambiguity 93d 1 tweets

Apparently scientists are divided over herd immunity. They're not. And the 'declaration' suggesting they are is about alt-right economics, not COVID.

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David Gorski, MD, PhD And...I've found someone who's even harsher in assessing the #GreatBarringtonDeclaration than I am. It's an excellent deconstruction of why this "declaration" is about right-wing economics and eugenics, not science. 93d

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Last Exit From Autocracy

David Frum - The Atlantic 94d 24 tweets

America survived one Trump term. It wouldn’t survive a second.

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David Gorski, MD, PhD I fear that ⁦@davidfrum⁩ is correct in his assessment in ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩. It is unlikely that American democracy would survive a second term of ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩. 94d

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No, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is NOT a "vaccine skeptic." He is antivaccine. - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 94d 2 tweets

This week hasn’t been a particularly good week for science. It started out on Monday with news of the social media storm from over the weekend over a blatantly antivaccine screed published the Friday before by the director of The Cleveland Clinic...

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David Gorski, MD, PhD @TheReverseThin1 @thereal_truther @delbigtree @RobertKennedyJr Nope, nope, nope, nopity nope. Not in the case of antivaxxers. @RobertKennedyJr is NOT "pointing out something wrong in medicine." He is promoting DISINFORMATION about vaccines designed to frighten people into not vaccinating. He is antivaccine. 94d

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Duke University's stem cell program for autism: The dark(er) side of quackademic medicine - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 94d 2 tweets

Despite a lack of evidence Duke University is all-in on stem cells for autism, thanks to a billionaire and a Panama stem cell clinic.

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David Gorski, MD, PhD Despite a lack of evidence @DukeU is all-in on #StemCells for #autism, thanks to a billionaire benefactor and @Stemcellspanama, as @pknoepfler informed me. This is the dark(er) side of quackademic medicine. 94d

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Richard Murphy - The Great Barrington Declaration has Nothing to do with Epidemiology and a Great Deal to do with Far Right Economics | Brave New Europe

Brave New Europe - Brave New Europe 99d 2 tweets

Do not forget that many of the original Neo-Liberals were Nazi-sympathisers and most were overt racists. The Nazi’s first victims were the disabled, which they saw as an economic drag on society. Yes, there are [...]

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David Gorski, MD, PhD Basically, "natural herd immunity" has never been achieved for any disease. To achieve herd immunity or community immunity takes an effective vaccine. What #GreatBarringtonDeclaration is advocating is eugenics, sacrificing the elderly to #COVID19. 5/5 94d

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NBC Says Trump Will Hold Town Hall Meeting Thursday, Competing Against Biden

Michael M. Grynbaum - Nytimes.com 94d 16 tweets

The candidates were set to debate on Thursday night until President Trump bowed out. Now they will take part in dueling town-hall-style meetings, with Joe Biden taking questions from voters on ABC.

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David Gorski, MD, PhD WTF, @NBCNews and @LesterHoltNBC? Do ratings matter more to you than being used as a propaganda outlet for @realDonaldTrump? I mean, hell, you even backed down on requiring independent confirmation that Trump has tested negative for #COVID19. 94d

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Rectal ozone: Injecting ozone up one's nether regions to treat COVID-19 - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 96d 2 tweets

Yes, quacks really are advocating the use of rectal ozone to treat COVID-19, thus demonstrating that nothing is too ridiculous for them.

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David Gorski, MD, PhD Yes, quacks really are advocating the use of rectal ozone to treat #COVID19, thus demonstrating that nothing is too ridiculous for them. 96d

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The Great Barrington Declaration: COVID-19 deniers follow the path laid down by creationists, HIV/AIDS denialists, and climate science deniers

Sciencebasedmedicine.org 96d 7 tweets

When you've been examining pseudoscientific and quack claims for over two decades, you start to recognize patterns in the strategies and technique used by those denying science to promote their pseudo

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David Gorski, MD, PhD #GreatBarringtonDeclaration: #COVID19 deniers are following a propaganda path laid down by creationists, HIV/AIDS denialists, and climate science deniers, that of the list of scientists and a fake appeal to authority. 96d

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David Gorski, MD, PhD For more on the scam cum eugenics that is #GreatBarringtonDeclaration, check this out... 82d

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David Gorski, MD, PhD The link, if anyone wants to check it out for themselves. 82d

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No, the rush for a COVID-19 vaccine is not turning provaccine advocates into antivaxxers - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 114d 1 tweets

There is widespread distrust of a COVID-19 vaccine. Contrary to claims from antivaxxers, that doesn't mean provaxxers are becoming antivax.

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Can we trust the CDC and FDA any more? - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 120d 1 tweets

Given the politicization of the FDA and CDC over COVID-19, it's hard not to ask (and painful to do so): Can we trust these agencies any more?

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David Gorski, MD, PhD Given the politicization of the @US_FDA and @CDCgov by @realDonaldTrump over #COVID19, it's hard not to ask (and painful to do so): Can we trust these agencies any more? 120d

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The long, sordid antivaccine history of Donald Trump - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 120d 1 tweets

Note added 9/17/2015: I knew it. The vaccine issue came up during the second debate and Donald Trump repeated basically the same nonsensical antivaccine tropes that he’s been repeating for at least eight years. It rather puts the lie to his claim...

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David Gorski, MD, PhD @PeterHotez Written in 2015 months before @realDonaldTrump became @GOP nominee. 120d

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Ftalphaville.ft.com 130d 13 tweets

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David Gorski, MD, PhD Physics always wins. 129d

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Can “optimizing your metabolism” through diet prevent or cure COVID-19?

Sciencebasedmedicine.org 137d 1 tweets

Since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic on March 11, unsurprisingly much of the material written for this blog has focused on the science and pseudoscience of COVID-19. In particular, we hav

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David Gorski, MD, PhD A favorite claim by those favoring “holistic” therapies is that using diet to “optimize metabolism” can prevent or treat COVID-19. These claims are of a piece with similar claims for many other diseases and are just as exaggerated. 137d

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quackademic medicine Archives - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 140d 1 tweets

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David Gorski, MD, PhD @roxeberle I’ve been writing since 2004 about the infiltration of quackery into academic medical centers. 140d

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Trump has launched an all-out attack on the FDA. Will its integrity survive?

Lev Facher - STAT 142d 18 tweets

The Trump administration has repeatedly undercut the Food and Drug Administration, sparking fears that its long-term credibility is shot.

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David Gorski, MD, PhD If @realDonaldTrump is reelected, the answer to this question is: No. 142d

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Does convalescent plasma work against COVID-19? Who knows?

Sciencebasedmedicine.org 145d 1 tweets

Normally, I try to write my weekly post for this blog by Saturday. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, this weekend Sunday afternoon arrived, and I hadn't yet written my post. Sure, I had started a po

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David Gorski, MD, PhD Last night, @US_FDA issued an emergency use authorization for #convalescentplasma to treat #COVID19, even though there are no randomized clinical trials demonstrating efficacy and safety. Does plasma work? Who knows? But that didn’t stop @SteveFDA. 145d

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Astroturfing promoting hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 continues apace - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

David Gorski, MD, PhD - RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE 152d 2 tweets

There's a bit of astroturf disinformation going around about hydroxcyhloroquine (HCQ) to treat COVID-19. It's really dumb.

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David Gorski, MD, PhD A week and a half ago, a “study” published on "HCQ Trial" went viral. It claimed that countries that used #Hydroxychloroquine to treat #COVID19 had a 79% lower fatality rate than those who didn't. It was horrible science. 152d