Carol Jasper
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Social psychologist interested in inequality, social identity, and veganism. Fascinated by conspiracies. Views my own. She/her/doorknob (depends who you ask)
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Our latest paper is out today. Why might pescetarians include terrestrial animals in their circle of moral concern but exclude aquatic?
We found perceived distance, both spatially & lack of similarity, were factored in cognitive dissonance reduction.
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Very thorough resume of Steve Kirsch’s slide into full blown anti-vaxx anti-science.
The ‘whole debate me bro’ bet is completely nonsensical. There is never an accurate metric for ‘winning’.
Performative at best; dangerous at worst.
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If you believe in conspiracies, why is being called a conspiracy theorist derogatory?
If you are against vaccinations, why is being labelled anti vax a slur?
If you don’t believe in anthropogenic climate change, why is being named a climate change denialist problematic? /1
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When in human development did it become acceptable to be abusive?
Since Friday, I’ve been called the following: a c**t, shill, fake, disgusting, stupid, 77th, bigot and, of all things, a door knob.
Why? Because I said there is no evidence vaccine risk outweighs the benefit.
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This is quite a shocking hijack of a discussion about statins.
Dr Malhotra has not published any evidence whatsoever of his claims.
Let’s be absolutely clear about that. I’ve yet to read any conclusive evidence to support his claims regarding Omicron or vaccine damage. /1
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My experience of online harassment - a🧵
Last September I began to be pursued by an anti-vegan troll
@Bullshi75277085
following publication of our recent article to which they objected.
On advice from my institution
@StirUni
I adopted a grey rock strategy: ignore & ignore /1
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On the back of a twitter exchange about censorship of debate concerning vaccines; Dr David Cartland and
@InCytometry
planned a debate. After many false starts it was scheduled for Tues. As the allotted time drew near, it became clear that Dr Cartland had asked Dolores Cahill /1
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Just called the C.O.V.I.D helpline with a genuine query. My husband had a month long headache at the same time as his first Pfizer injection. I asked what would their advice be regarding a subsequent booster.
The operator said, and I quote, you could look online to see what /1
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Just had my Pfizer booster and ‘flu vaccinations.
A brief medical history was taken. I was advised which vaccine I was receiving, how it had been moderated to include omicron. I was talked through what to expect and what to do if there were any unexpected symptoms. I was /1
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As you all know, I’m fascinated by conspiracy theories, how they spread, by whom and the social processes by which they gain traction.
As many of us have noticed, one of the latest to be disseminated is the WEF as controlling ‘The Great Reset’ /1
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An anti vacc agenda. Mostly they have never been to a clinic, and glean what misinformation they spread second hand, or via social media.
Vaccines are not a silver bullet, they’re not perfect, they don’t suit everybody, but let’s not pretend they are not ethically administered.
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Huge study of over 44m Koreans found 480 with vaccine-related myocarditis. Of that 480, 21 people sadly died.
It was extremely rare but the rate is higher than previously thought.
Worth noting for the next time someone claims no-one investigates /1
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In a not entirely unexpected turn, the ‘not-anti-vaxx-anti-this-covid-vaxx’ brigade have unimaginatively pivoted to trying to promote the non-existent link between autism and childhood vaccinations.
Autism is not a disease.
Louder for those at the back: NOT A DISEASE/NO LINK.
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As expected, there is a LOT of interest in this paper but I haven't seen much about the methodology used. It's a very unusual method in a medical journal so I thought I'd take a bit of time to explain what narrative analysis (NA) is ideally, and then how it is used here /1
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Dr Peter McCullough, the fervently anti-vaccination advocate, has lent his name to branded multi vitamins to ‘help prevent’ heart issues such as myocarditis; popularly related to anti-vaccination misinformation.
Retailing from $57.95 /1
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“I suspect that Brand has been emboldened by his following, encouraged by the popularity and motivated to continue”
My explanations of why Russell Brand might have become a conspiracy belief enabler over time.
Very interesting piece by
@rachelschraer
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entrenched in either position were unlikely to be swayed by the other’s strategies.
For debates to be effective, you need to know both parties are engaged in the same pursuit: Both playing the same game.
For that to happen - it helps to know who you are debating in advance.
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Why do people with strongly held views (anti-vaccination, climate denial, invested conspiracy theory believers etc) dislike being labelled in line with those views? There are a number of potential reasons; a thread 🧵/1
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This is a prime example of the disinformation proliferating. This is a cardiologist retweeting an account impersonating a dead Dr (whose family have pleaded with them to stop). In addition the Penguin’s player referred to had his first stroke in 2014 and the NFL player has a /1
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If, ofc, they choose to continue with this vendetta; I will have clear indication of their continued, persistent, and malevolent intent to harass.
Ultimately though - what do they matter?
I will continue to publicise, research, promote, and advocate for veganism undeterred 🌱
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Critical thinking (CT) has to be one of the most abused terms in the last few years.
For a swathe of the population it means going against the ‘mainstream’ or ‘not swallowing the narrative’ being ‘awake’ perhaps. The irony is, each and every one demonstrate a complete lack of /1
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If Govt’s are spraying their populations with chemicals and this is why we can see what we used to call vapour trails, can someone explain specifically whom this ‘chemical attack’ is targeting? This place is virtually uninhabited.
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Large scale meta analysis finds SARS-CoV-2 vaccines prevent 95.4% of severe infections/hospitalisations from covid. The results are lower for mild infection with combined efficacy of 44.5%.
For the next time someone tells you ‘the vaccines’ don’t work.
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It’s not that difficult: weather and climate are not the same thing. One is transient atmospheric conditions; the other is weather patterns averaged over a long period of time.
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to take his place. She claimed it was unbecoming of his position as a GP but, since the organisers were not informed, it appeared to be more of a stunt.
Besides that, a few things struck me.
Graham was concise, factual, respectful and stuck to the topics asked. His opponent /2
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made spurious claims, numerous calls to authority, including insisting on her own title of Prof. which she may or may not still be entitled to claim, relied on anecdotes, emotional appeals and long winded irrelevances to the topics in hand.
The question is: who was most /3
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This is a really moving first hand account of the reality of covid treatment. Medically vulnerable, fully vaccinated, he sadly did not make it.
This is a tragic account of a terrifying experience ,and an appeal to everyone to consider the immunosuppressed.
Short thread on Covid and respiratory support.
There are numerous grifters, and serious academics, out there who seem to think if the fatality stats are not that bad, then Covid is no big deal.
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of painstaking effort, of underlining, screenshotting, collating, all the digging around in my life and my work. All that effort to bring me down - for what? It’s all gone. It was all for nothing.
My work will continue. And it will last when I am gone: that’s what matters.
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Graham’s approach was consistent with a scientific professional; Dolores’ wasn’t. It was hyperbolic, at times shambolic, and disrespectful. She talked over her time, over Graham and espoused several known falsehoods and AV tropes.
In the end though, does it matter? Those /10
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Personality disorders. I think it’s about trying to assert power: They have minimal reach, pointless, circular arguments which highlight their own hypocrisy. They are desperate to discredit me, in order to feel better about themselves. It’s actually really quite sad. I have a /4
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@BrentLeeSDCIC
You’re doing marvellously Brent to take back some positive control of your situation. Try to take care and not let them get to you. I know it’s easier said than done when you’re being threatened 😞
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clear information. Delivered without invocations of status etc and without emotional appeals. Information likely to appeal to those who are already scientific, rational processors. They would be likely to carefully consider and evaluate what he said.
Dolores chose the /7
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Based on what we know about trolls, they desist without reinforcement. Frankly, they get bored.
This person has not got bored. Instead, they have become increasingly obsessed with me, and my every interaction online. They’ve posted my work website photo, my personal /2
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Fabulous work.
The rhetoric around sudden death is not only damaging but it’s completely disrespectful
to bereaved families.
No one seeks public speculation about the passing of their loved ones; sudden or otherwise.
Made my
@BBCNewsnight
debut on Friday with report about a conspiracy film which is leading bereaved people to be harassed.
“Died Suddenly” uses fabricated evidence and manipulated data to claim falsely that Covid vaccines are killing millions
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peripheral route which requires shallow processing, less cognitive effort and appeals more to people who can’t really be bothered to fact check, to evaluate or critically analyse. She used phrases like ‘beautiful’ to describe the sad demise of people in care homes. She spoke /8
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Discussing those differences and this deviated from that significantly.
Why?
They were not playing the same game.
Dolores’ use of rhetorical strategies and devices meant that actually, to a naive observer, I imagine she would have been most persuasive. That may surprise /5
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Two years today I received my Astra Zeneca vaccine. Since then, I have had three Pfizer shots and two flu shots.
As far as I’m aware, I’m not dead yet. But, I’m also aware Dolores Cahill mentioned 3-5 years so while the science seems ‘imprecise’ I won’t be counting my chickens.
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some but she played ‘the game’ of persuasion.
Most people are persuaded in one of two ways. According to the elaboration model of likelihood (Petty & Cacioppo, 1986) it’s either central or peripheral.
Graham appealed to the central route. He provided rational, logical and /6
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POV: Why do so many people who believe aeroplane vapour trails are actually chemical sprays to harm us; fail to acknowledge that airline pollution contributes to the anthropogenic climate change crisis?
Surely one is far more believable than the other so why pick the wrong one?
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persuasive? The function of debate after all.
Both are qualified in similar immunology fields although I’m unfamiliar with the distinctions, so it should have been a balanced and scientific debate.
It wasn’t.
I’m accustomed to professionals with differing points of view /4
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In the mean time, thank you to everyone for your diligent collation of this person’s malicious behaviour and for your unstinting support.
I think; in short, it’s best to ignore those whose lives are consumed with hate and to leave them to howl their bitterness to the moon. /10
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as if she was speaking from a place of compassion. She also lauded her own ability throughout. By so doing she created an impression of expertise and status.
These are all highly persuasive techniques as they can be effective with minimal effort on the part of the recipient /9
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Prime example of conspiratorial thinking: taking an event which most likely occurred by tragic accident, and attributing it to intent/control. Perpetual suspicion and distrust of others, particularly the wealthy and failing to check even the most basic facts (this is not the /1
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More nonsense from Malhotra and GB news.
There are some isolated cases of potential vaccine induced psychosis in the literature. Examples of first episode psychosis include an autistic person whose routine was also severely disrupted by lockdown, a case where the young person /1
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As many of you will know, I’ve been targeted by anti-vegan, pro-meat trolls this past few days.
Wholly unpleasant, fact free critiques underpinned by a staggering lack of understanding of qualitative research, subjectivity, or ethics.
I don’t respond well to bullying /1
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Delighted to have
@BrentLeeSDCIC
to talk to my third year class this week about his journey out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole.
Credit to Brent for being willing to display their vulnerability, admit they wrong, and to the students for appreciating his honesty. It was a
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“Safety data from 298 million doses of mRNA covid-19 vaccine , administered in the first 6 months…show that most reported adverse effects were mild and short in duration”
Vaccines are safe and effective, despite ridiculous, nefarious scaremongering.
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Huge misinformation circulating about the risk of vaccination in pregnancy.
This resulted in sustained smears of the respected expert who has worked tirelessly to provide clear and reassuring information throughout the pandemic.
The level of vitriol directed towards her /1
If you are
#pregnant
, the
#CovidVaccine
is strongly recommended and you will soon be offered a booster.
#BoostTheBump
The recommendation is made on the basis of extensive data that the vaccine is safe and effective, by the following bodies… 1/
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And this is partly why women often find STEM subjects toxic. This sort of objectification is, unfortunately, as commonplace as it is demeaning.
Female scientists deserve better. They work hard for better. None of this is ok.
And please don’t tell me these are ‘jokes’ either.
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@JohnBoweActor
Do you imagine that is a professional response?
Do you intend to diagnose vaccine injury over the phone or do you intend to assume that callers are able to accurately self diagnose. Given the obvious issue regarding correlation/causation?
What if it is a medical condition?
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Facebook, my vegan foodie inspo page, and scoured the internet for mentions of my name. They even changed their bio to the dedication from my PhD thesis. Why you might ask? Good question - why indeed? Some argue it’s jealousy, some think spite, some diagnose a variety of /3
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anything they can to hurt vegans. Whether that is the tragic death of a baby, an untimely death from cancer, or arguing with others about which vegans belong on their prized dead vegan list. Yes- that’s a thing they collate. It’s utterly tragic. Anyway, as a result of all this /6
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@VikiLovesFACS
@elonmusk
@jordanbpeterson
Another appropriately understated evidence slam dunk from
@VikiLovesFACS
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Here’s what happened when I asked Robert Malone if we could discuss his use of psyops and mass ‘hypnosis’
The twitterverse resounds with calls of silencing and the need for debate: How critics like Malone are censored.
Yet here we are.
Why would he refuse a polite request? /1
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takes heed.
So 839 screenshots of harassment later: I’ve decided to block this person, let’s call her Amanda, I know they follow me on other accounts but let’s make this clear. If they decide to continue to harass, to comment and to defame, I may have to take further action /9
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Extent and duration of protection. How the vaccine should look and what it contains is made clear.
The clinic was busy and well run.
There is no reason to believe my experience is any different from anyone else’s.
The horror stories are all disseminated by people with /3
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lot of pity for them. To spend time stalking me on an unknown account to then copy all the content, chase down the likes and the comments in order to create and spread ugliness is just sad. But it’s not just me: this person makes a habit of this behaviour. They weaponise /5
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@AnnieHP64
If your timeline was not filled with anti vaccine propaganda I’d be less inclined to wonder if there was a confirmation bias.
@2ndmrschappers
@matthewdmarsden
@timerich
Complete rubbish!!! Natural immunity far outperforms vaccine induced immunity
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Following the tragic news that. Michael, one of my students, has sadly taken their own lives, I will never use the term ex-student again.
A valuable, interesting, intelligent, caring, and witty soul lost to the world 💔
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@CarnismDebunked
@ScepticalDoctor
The mental gymnastics of the typical anti vegan can be extraordinary to witness. Alongside the rank hypocrisy and fervent need to demonise the compassionate choices of others.
Mind you not all vegans conduct themselves admirably either tbf.
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asked for my consent to both vaccines and if I had any further questions.
Vaccinations were painless. I was asked to wait, as usual. To identify any anaphylaxis. I was given the thorough documentation detailing myocarditis and pericarditis risk. There’s a disclaimer about /2
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I’ve been provided with their identity. I’ve had it for some months. I’ve thought and thought about what to do about it; they’ve defamed me. Called me an alcoholic, narcissistic animal abuser. Claimed I neglect my husband and my children, that I abuse my participants and my /7
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Students. That I have an eating disorder, dementia, and I hate people. Ultimately though, none of that matters: my colleagues, my friends, my family, my institution all support me. The machinations of the last 4 months have made no impact. No one cares, no one listens, no one /8
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@DrAseemMalhotra
@ABridgen
@RWMaloneMD
@drcole12
A private members club with £1700 membership fees which was established for the Conservative Party?
You’re really ‘doing it for the people here’.
What was this intended to achieve, except self congratulation?
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Vegan creme brûlée mastered - perfect ‘crack’ to that caramelised brûlée topping ✅
Served with highlander shortbread: Traditional New Year Scottish treat.
Note to self: do not use even a culinary blowtorch with a glass ramekin 🤦🏻♀️😳
#veganfood
#veganuary
#veganuary2024
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Huge congratulations to
@devonmdocherty
: our new paper, The Cheese Paradox, is now available.
We explored how vegetarians justify their non-meat animal product consumption and discovered some very interesting conflicts.
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Did you know most pigs are gassed for slaughter?
An omnivore friend sent me a letter they received from Waitrose in response to a query about pig welfare at a specific farm.
It highlights significant issues with pig slaughter and some truly pitiful excuses for harm to pigs /1
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I’ll never not feel privileged to work in this beautiful place.
…And to have this view from my office. The photo really doesn’t do the colours justice!
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Brilliant piece in The Times (archive version).
The links between the conspirators are as well established as they are intriguing.
Looking forward to welcoming
@BrentLeeSDCIC
back to talk to my students this semester. Understanding the psychology of /1
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This is as unsurprising as it is vile.
Why are women not ‘allowed’ to age?
I should imagine leading a country through a pandemic would take a considerable toll upon anyone. Similarly dated pictures of any long standing politician will demonstrate ageing. So why only this one?
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Nice opinion piece on Brand. So much to say about the man himself: but his followers’ response fascinates me. Unwavering loyalty, denial of wrongdoing, global control/censorship, plots to undermine the narrative etc
All in the presence of a more /1
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@fate47s
@MeggGawat
@Jin_Sane
@xyylas
A plant can respond to stimuli. It does not have a central nervous system. Furthermore, what do you imagine the meat you eat ate?
Plants.
Your gotchya just backfired.
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Outcomes for unvaccinated participants post covid infection: 22.9% were not fully recovered after 6 months. 17.2% had still not recovered after 2 years.
Long covid is real, debilitating for the sufferer and a significant concern for healthcare provision.
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And they’ve deleted all content pertaining to me. And blocked me from their alt.
I know they use other platforms and I know their accounts there. I have blocked one of their Facebook accounts so that they know that I know who they are.
So all that effort, all those months
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@KeaneyValerie
@GeorgeMonbiot
@DrAseemMalhotra
The issue is that he doesn’t actually have much ‘evidence’ he mostly lists his opinion. In fact, I’m preparing a class in which my students will review and critique his latest papers for COI, data reliability, bias, the lack of methodology and so on.
So yeah, that’s the issue.
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My experience was of a very amateur service with unqualified and unprofessional staff with no medical knowledge or expertise. They did not ask ascertain permissions or offer anything helpful.
I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions as to the efficacy of the ‘service’ /7
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This is a lovely paper about the link between intellectual humility (IH) and vaccination attitudes (VA) Unsurprisingly, low levels of IH predict anti vaxx VA
This fits with my experience yesterday when harangued for posting a perfectly routine vacc /1
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@VikiLovesFACS
@AlexBerenson
@AlexBerenson
you tried laysplaining to an expert and now they’ve corrected you, you’ve ‘reduced’ their expertise to ‘womansplaining’
Mate you’re not even close to understanding immunology, try to have some respect for those who have that expertise; irrespective of their gender.
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@DrMatthewSweet
@beverleyturner
Bev Turner and Neil Oliver et al appear awfully keen to demonstrate the premise where believing one conspiracy theory leads to believing more. And more. Until they’re all David Icke.
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@jessbowds78
Have you read any of the literature about the investigations and relative risks Jessica? Where do you source your information?
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Neither did they make clear that headache could be caused by many factors: Exhaustion, eye strain, poor lighting, underlying medical issue
I wasn’t expecting this to be properly investigated but it was assumed it was a vaccine related event purely because I said he’d had /8
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Absolutely delighted that myself and
@akbobak
were both given honourable mentions in the
@stirlingunion
RATE awards. Anna for her dedicated mentorship of PG students and myself for excellence in teaching.
It means a huge amount to be valued for what we do by our students 😊🥂
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Which poster do you choose to believe?
Why?
What processes do you undertake to decide which of these infographics is useful to you?
Do you need to validate the information? Where? From whom? Where do you find the sources?
Or do you just read one and say - I believe it
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Other people are saying about this?
I replied - seriously?
She said - er no, I’ll get a colleague to call you back within half an hour.
I asked who that would be; she said she didn’t know. She hadn’t worked that out yet.
She did say it was a charity set up to help /2
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Exactly. As the misinformation is reproduced and shared, it becomes a form of social reality.
People then espouse the ideologies thinking they arrived at them independently, and by virtue of their own critical thinking.
For the most part, the complete opposite occurred.
"The people who buy into irrational ideologies or conspiracy theories, do think they're behaving scientifically."
The full version of our latest video interview
@jimalkhalili
is available here
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Long overdue catch-up with my former colleague, favourite team teaching companion, and most giant friend. He’s still taller than me if kneeling which made us quite the comedy double act back in the day!
And no, it’s not photoshopped.
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Excellent thread on the evidence claimed by Malhotra and the wealth of evidence against.
I’ve had a lot of people tell me angrily there’s ‘loads’ of evidence he’s right. Not one has provided any.
Mostly it’s the Doshi paper which has many limitations noted ⬇️ or /1
@DrAseemMalhotra
Hijacked a
@BBCBreaking
segment on statins to spread disinformation about the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and ischaemic heart disease. I'm not sure how many times you can retweet yourself before it's pathological - but I feel he has exceeded that number: 🧵
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@creneebailey
@bdjansenphd
I had one student reply to each of my very detailed comments telling me why I was wrong and sent it back for me to think again.
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The fact that this ‘journalist’ thinks twitter polls can be reliable evidence that vaccines cause autism tells us absolutely everything we need to know.
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@JohnBoweActor
You initially said you had medical professionals contacting you but now I understand there are none and it’s a redirect service?
Can I ask what function that serves as a charity that Google doesn’t?
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I didn’t have ‘big meat’ on my agenda for 2024; but here we are.
Powerful piece by
@GeorgeMonbiot
and I completely agree, we do need to be brave!
“When we raise our hands in objection, they are met with fists raised in aggression”
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Some websites including the Peoples Health Alliance and one called, I think, Covid Family Support. She confirmed she was not a medical professional. That they had no medical professionals and that they could offer nothing more than redirect people to websites /6
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Wow BBC; way to amplify toxic asymmetrical gender relations in the workplace and society.
Why is this a ‘women’ issue? Don’t men also have families and careers? Why are we not asking if they can ‘have it all?’
This is archaic and bordering upon benevolent sexism.
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Woop woop 🙌🏻 I only went and done it.
Inspired by my favourite vegan cafe treat, I made this little beauty for lunch.
Lovely mustardy hollandaise sauce, smoked tofu in a soy sauce and nooch crumb, wilted spinach, tomato
slices and seeded toast.
#vegan
#veganuary
#Veganuary2024
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@rachelschraer
AB’s slide into anti vax rhetoric coincides with the release of Aseem Malhotra’s ridiculous papers criticising the covid vaccines. They were published on the 26th September. Given AB’s reliance on those in his commons speech, it seems likely these events are linked.
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