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Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Q: How much harm does BS from Rogan et al do?
A: A ton. And it is immediate.
Gibson's off-the-rails promotion of ivermectin as a cure for cancer (legitimized by Rogan) resulted in a spike in searching. This likely included many cancer patients.
Cancer misinformation is cruel
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Now this clown says ivermectin is a treatment for pneumothorax?
As a pulmonologist, that's insane. I can't believe I have to say this but, if you have a pneumothorax don't take horse paste!
I'd say this guy should lose his medical license, except he already did, back in 2017.
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
During Joe Rogan’s podcast on January 9, Mel Gibson promoted drugs that are not scientifically proven cancer treatments. Misinformation on cancer treatment is dangerous, cruel, irresponsible and gives false hope to people with cancer and their loved ones.
Researchers around the world dedicate their lives to uncovering the best cancer treatments. Surgery, radiation and approved cancer drugs like chemotherapy are safe and proven to stop cancer cells from growing and spreading. Choosing to use an alternative therapy can have serious health effects, such as the cancer spreading or getting worse.
The Canadian Cancer Society provides credible, independent, trusted information on cancer treatments, in easy-to-understand language. You can find this at cancer.ca or and we are also available on chat or by calling 1-888-939-3333.
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Another retraction of an ivermectin paper, thus one by Peter McCullough:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
The top 17 posts on my Twitter feed are from Elon Musk 😂 interesting algorithm he’s created
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
When anyone searches for information on cancer treatment options - you shouldn't see ads for scientifically unsupported treatment, or ads targeting people who have exhausted their treatment options. Our new study (unfortunately) finds this is occurring misinforeview.hks.harvard.ed…
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Harmful cancer misinformation circulates across all digital platforms. This study demonstrates how compelling, emotional narratives surrounding alternative care misleads users on TikTok. cc @CaulfieldTim @liz272 @srmarcon jmir.org/2024/1/e60283/
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Thanks for your continued interest in our work! Just wanted to clarify a few things: it is published, it is peer-reviewed, and it doesn't claim CTax has no impact on food prices.
Thanks again -- and have a great day! :)
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Everyone knows you can drink an alcoholic beverage & be fine.
Everyone knows you can’t do that with rubbing or wood alcohol.
Why?
They’re different chemicals.
Ethanol ≠ isopropanol ≠ methanol.
One alcohol is not the same as others.
Use this logic for ALL chemicals.
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Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
5 basic principles of science that you know.
Explained using photos of cats.
1. Correlation is not causation.
Just because the cat is sitting in the hole doesn’t mean it caused the incident. In science, we must separate coincidence from causality.
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
We shouldn't underestimate the role bots play in framing our beliefs, behaviour, and online content.
Bots both mimic and shape human sentiment.
How AI bots spread misinformation online and undermine democratic politics theconversation.com/how-ai-b… via @ConversationCA
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
🎉 Breaking News! Our latest paper has just been published in PNAS! 📄
We analyzed 34 years of data across 8 social media platforms to uncover how language has evolved in the digital age.
👉 Read the paper here pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Early days, but another exciting application of vaccine technology.
And a tough one for antivaxx crowd.
Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer medicine.washu.edu/news/vacc… via @washumedicine @WUSTL
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
What's (Not) in Your Supplement?
The formal lab analysis is here. Eight brands, detailed statistics, and one extreme outlier. We found a systematic bias toward less energy and carbohydrates in the gels compared to their labels.
Journal link: shorturl.at/IrtBQ
➡️Message/email me for the PDF.
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Damn. Those Big Antivaxx shill billz!
RFK Jr. was paid six figures by his vaccine-challenging group statnews.com/2024/12/03/rfk-… via @statnews
RFK Jr "...made over $20,000 per week as chairman of Children’s Health Defense..."
I'm sure all the trolls who feel academics receiving peer-reviewed grants (that don't pay them a dine) is an unforgivable COI will be absolutely horrified by this realization!
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
In these sanewashing times, there is a strange, revisionist spin being normalized: the idea that, in the US, the COVID public health measures were TOO aggressive.
Reality: U.S. performed poorly.
Consider @UCSF’s Case Study of just the FIRST YEAR of pandemic (pre-vaccine). If US adopted a more comprehensive approach “a staggering 428,000 American lives would have been saved” (globalhealthsciences.ucsf.ed…).
In general, the public health measures saved lives.
Yes, yes, yes... ALL agree we need to learn from what worked, what didn't, and consider how we can do better. And we need to consider the (short & long-term) costs & benefits of interventions. But it was an unprecedented situation. The current data messy. More research needed.
Memories fade. And incredible how fast political spin can shift perceptions of reality, even when it involves the deaths of family, friends, colleagues…
Examples of other relevant & interesting reviews, studies, etc:
- eurekalert.org/news-releases…
- royalsociety.org/-/media/pol…
- jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
- thelancet.com/article/S0140-…
- pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3634…
- mcmasterforum.org/find-globa…
- thelancet.com/journals/lanwp…
- thelancet.com/action/showPdf…
- pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3902…
- canada.ca/en/public-health/s…
- nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
- nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
- science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
- hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-…
- healthaffairs.org/doi/10.137…
- bma.org.uk/advice-and-suppor…
who.int/activities/preparing… cc @gorskon @picardonhealth @CDCgov @VoiceOfFranky @AntibioticDoc @Sander_vdLinden @NBTiller @RyanMarino
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
When the mask mandate was lifted from Mass General Brigham in May '23, hospital transmission of resp virus went up. When the mandate was re-instituted in Jan '24, infection rates went down. news-medical.net/news/202405…
Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) retweeted
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 23-Dec 6, 2024
SEVERE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK
VERY HIGH: none
HIGH: none
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 43 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
ALT This image shows a series of gauges with the Nov 23-Dec 6, 2024 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. Read from left to right: Canada: 27.3 - SEVERE Alberta: 30.0 - SEVERE British Columbia: 16.1- SEVERE Manitoba: 30.0 - SEVERE New Brunswick: 28.4 - SEVERE Newfoundland and Labrador: 17.5 -SEVERE North: 25.9 - SEVERE Nova Scotia: 30.0 - SEVERE Ontario: 27.4 - SEVERE Prince Edward Island: 26.2 - SEVERE Quebec: 27.9 - SEVERE Saskatchewan: 30.0 - SEVERE All COVID Forecast input data and sources are available here: (https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/) Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)." To access the past scores table, please visit https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index
