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Google and anti-vaxxers: balancing truth and fiction

Discussion in 'Science' started by Bowerbird, Jul 28, 2019.

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  1. JakeStarkey

    JakeStarkey Well-Known Member

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    We do not live in a fascist authoritarian state, and I, for one, do not want to.

    I am quite happy in exposing anti-vax confirmation science claims, because it educates the larger public.
     
    JakeStarkey, Aug 2, 2019
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  2. Bowerbird

    Bowerbird Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately “exposing” them is often as futile as arguing climate science with a Trump supporters would rather try to teach a pig to sing, and it does go beyond vaccinations, particularly with sites like “natural news” that sell snake oil to desperate people whilst passing themselves off as legitimate
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_News

    And of course infowars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoWars

    Jones, in opinion should not be banned from social media, he should be made to rely on his own “alternative medicines” but this lot NEVER do that!
     
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  3. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    Medical necessity is life and death. Nobody has any rights if they are dead.
     
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Aug 2, 2019
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    JakeStarkey Well-Known Member

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    That is not compelling enough, A U, to take away 1stA rights of speech,
     
    JakeStarkey, Aug 2, 2019
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    BillRM Well-Known Member

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    When it come to risking deaths of your family in the name of the 1 amendment like hell we must allow such nonsense
     
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  6. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    What is more compelling than life and death?

    And what free speech is being denied?
     
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    No, that argument fails. If the anti-vaxxers knowingly lie about the science and that can be proven, then they can be find and jailed that way.
     
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    Bowerbird, Aug 2, 2019
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  9. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    You can't be prosecuted for that
     
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Aug 2, 2019
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    Except that the “science” they present is couched in terms that the general public do not understand

    Take the cosmetics industry and the claims of “clinically proven results
    Warning the following video not only contains valid information but also contains traces of Australian humour
     
    Bowerbird, Aug 2, 2019
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It is unfortunate and troubling to witness the trend in American society toward dismissal of verified truth and scientific accuracy in favor of easily debunked propaganda....rather sad actually. Perhaps it will take the Googles of the world to break this hypnosis in favor of reality. In the case of vaccination we are actually dealing with life and death so...I wish them luck.
     
    tecoyah, Aug 3, 2019
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