I also blame media & journalists. Several of us tried to reach out to journalists & media anchors hoping to get health disinfo covered widely exposing the entire network. But they just wouldn't cover it because it wasn't a hot enough topic. Well, now it is hot! I see you posting about it. Too late!
Please keep up the pressure! It may legitimately mean more now with that psycho in charge of HHS
Now all of you who didn't want to hear about disinfo network will say - Oh we didn't know. But all of you didn't want to know & didn't care. Now people will die, people will get sick. And I blame you!
I have been fighting disinformation for 9 years. I have an especially low tolerance for vaccine conspiracy theories because I am a polio survivor. I don't wish that experience on anyone, and I was one of the lucky ones.
@candidkitten.bsky.social just linking you two if you haven’t already crossed paths in the polio survivor world.
Thank you. We need to stick together.
Hello!! And thank you for linking us 💜💜💜💜
Glad to meet you. I had one shot and was due for my second one in 6 weeks. I came home from my first surgery with mumps and chicken pox. I don't understand people who believe all of the lies about vaccines.
I can’t either! I’m 32 with polio from India, luckily raised in the US but it’s still a struggle
I find that most of the anti-vaxxers are people who never had a childhood disease because they were vaccinated for school.
I accept the blame. I was too timid to confront the "free speech" bigots that saw only one side of the two sides of freedom that Isaiah Berlin wrote about. Actually, that's not entirely true, I did try, but obviously not hard enough.
Most people don't know what they are voting for. Twenty years ago there was a good book called "What's the matter with Kansas'. People continuing to vote against their own self interest over and over again.
Yes. I am aware of that. People do vote against their best interest for issues that dont matter or apply to them or they are so small. Yet, people vote against personal healthcare, social protections, education, other daily important things.
What makes me angry is that now you, prominent public health figures, media doctors, media anchors & journalists, write about dangers of RFK. But I know when you were asked to cover this you refused, or never responded, or didn't find it important. Few of us have memories & email receipts.
saying you wasted your time is wrong, you might not have accomplished your goals, but am sure you reached some, and for that, thank you.
And now you post about it for likes, for engagement, for clout, but you still will not do anything meaningful about it. You won't lead the resistance, you won't organize, you won't do anything except writing a post or maybe an op-ed. Op-eds don't win fights, you know!
Thank you for everything you are doing. The assault on education and science is heartbreaking. But we have to fight back, exactly like you do. Education is a bulwark against oppression and we have to push for it to be attainable to everyone.
💯 Thank you for being one of the voices of sanity. I appreciate your efforts.
IMHO it started with COVID. While ER med-pros were buried under a horrific work load, most other med-pros were no-big-dealing everything, keeping their mouths shut about COVID, not caring to encourage vaxes or reducing transmission. The nazis yelled at them and they caved. THAT was terrifying.
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social I just saw your post about major media journalists ignoring medical disinformation. I cannot comment on your post, but wanted you to see my post as well. It is about the same and it is frustrating.
A frustrating point for me is that no one listens to pediatricians. We’ve been ringing the alarm about this since before COVID bc we are the vaccine experts. But bc peds is one of the least respected fields (including by our adult colleagues), few listen. We’ve fought forever. So keep fighting.
💯 As a scientist, it has been absolutely soul-destroying to see how little institutional medical leaders care, beyond grabbing the microphone to speak for "science". Cosplay and empire-building, but the media laps it up - integrity doesn't matter, no one calls out the lies. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Your efforts and information are not wasted. Thank you for your work
She went through so much abuse - because she was one who really among journalists fought hard.
Most including 98% of MDs do not know present strategy of vaccines + was not full truth - and the minimizers are replaced by frank disinformation peddlers: Jha - thinks evidence is leftist fringe- the minimizers actually made this possible: m.youtube.com/watch?v=aVeY...
Last 5 years - every visit I sat with every patient and explained to them in detail - even those who do not follow my advice - I can tell have a great sense of respect - that I was honest - unlike my fellow MDs who ignored me- but I will keep doing!
💯 correct. Call them out!
You are so right. Look. I’m old. I had every childhood disease there was except polio. I missed so much school in early years bc I was sick all the damn time. People are just so stupid. I will forever blame them with their noses stuck up Fox News’ ass. They didn’t want to know!!
