Comment on "influencers" are setting us back

• DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes. That’s the point. A PhD in Geology does not in any way to qualify a person to declare the safety and efficacy of a vaccine.

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  • casualvagrancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Many prominent antivaxxers are MDs. A Nobel prize winner in immunology ranks among antivaxxers. There are experts on both sides.

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    • DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are these people actually actively working in the in the immunology and virology field, or are they paid schills who used to have real jobs but now work for a “think tank” for 10 times what they were making?

      I think you’ll find that these outliers are no longer actively working and have been corrupted by either money or cognitive decline.

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      • casualvagrancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What antivax “think tanks” are paying 10x a doctor’s salary? And why? There’s not exactly a lot of money in it.

        If money is your motivation, you work for Pharma, not against them.

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