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Nitram

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2. Interesting how the Anti-Vaxers assume the scientific community's concern about...

Reply to proverbialwisdom (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:43 AM

Apr 2016

...the harm a propaganda piece on Anti-Vaxer pseudo science could cause is a "conspiracy". Ethically and morally, scientists feel it is their duty to save lives by exposing the dangers posed by the Anti-Vaxer movement. Particularly now that they have seen how effective such propaganda can be in a vacuum of ignorance. We wouldn't allow a pro-Nazi movie to be shown at a film festival. Why let a propaganda piece that could result in epidemics of preventable diseases?

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The Guardian: How the scientific community united against Tribeca's anti-vaccination film [View all] proverbialwisdom Mar 2016 OP

Why don't they teach Americans about glutathione? Baobab Mar 2016 #1

Interesting how the Anti-Vaxers assume the scientific community's concern about... Nitram Apr 2016 #2

Office of Inspector General (December 2009): CDC Lax in Policing Advisors’ Conflicts of Interest proverbialwisdom Apr 2016 #5

I was pretty impressed how fast the scientific community shut this crap down. progressoid Apr 2016 #3

That's a stretch. The IAC isn't "the scientific community." Check it out. proverbialwisdom Apr 2016 #4

Ain't it just SOOO terrible, that a greedy quack gets his propaganda labeled as such? Archae Apr 2016 #6

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