Timothy Caulfield
@CaulfieldTim
Professor of health law and science policy, author, speaker, and TV host. #GoScience #ScienceUpFirst
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Powerful research insights often arise at the interface of disciplines.
Great to catch up with longtime research collaborator and friend, Law Professor Timothy Caulfield!
Genome Canada GenomeBC Canadian Paediatric Society CIHR CHILD Cohort Study AllerGen Network
Statement in response to misreporting of BMJ Public Health BMJPublicHealth research on excess deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Link: bit.ly/3RfBJGA
Have you ever heard that your diet alone can prevent cancer?
Although your lifestyle is important, the claim that all cancers are preventable is false and dangerous.
We tell you more here π scienceupfirst.com/project/healthβ¦
#ScienceUpFirst
Timothy Caulfield BMJPublicHealth Dr. Jonathan N. Stea Michelle Cohen, MD Dr. Lynora Saxinger MD FRCPC Infectious Diseases (((Dorit Reiss))) Immunize Canada ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced'Abord Sabina Vohra-Miller Dr. Katharine Smart Canadian Paediatric Society Stephan Lewandowsky Public health has lost. Misinformation bullying and anti science are pulling ahead. Avian flu Zika dengue say thank u
Companies inadvertently fund online misinformation despite consumer backlash nature.com/articles/s4158β¦
'....most decision-makers are unaware that their companiesβ advertising appears on misinformation websites but have a strong preference to avoid doing so.'
by Wajeeha Ahmadβ¦
No. No. No. NO! That terrible BMJPublicHealth paper did NOT show vaccines fueled rise in excess deaths! Paper provides ZERO evidence on that.
And ALL available evidence (lots) shows exact opposite: vaccination linked to reduced all-cause deaths.
Headlines like this will doβ¦
Our information ecosystem has become a massive false-balance machine! My take healthydebate.ca/2023/08/topic/β¦
Looking forward to speaking at Canadian Paediatric Society conf! Will touch on prob of false balance & value of scientific consensus (with shoutout to NEW work by David Sweet!) #CPS2024
Why lying on the internet keeps working vox.com/technology/353β¦
Renee DiResta: 'Invisible Rulers' = 'a trinity of influencer, algorithm, and crowd that work symbiotically to catapult pseudo-events, Twitter Main Characters, and conspiracy theories that have captured attention andβ¦
This is a bad & incorrect take The Telegraph
already been picked up by anti-vaxxers
Vaccines have saved millions of lives globally
If excess deaths 'remain high', they would have been much, much higher without vaccines
Vaccines are safe, harms are rare
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/0β¦
We always thought The Epoch Times was sketchy, but this is really something niemanlab.org/2024/06/we-alw⦠via Nieman Lab
Epoch Times CFO charged with participating in $67M money laundering scheme.
π©Yet ANOTHER reason to view The Epoch Times as a HUGE red flag for bunk!π©
Exploring how parental decisions on vaccines can be swayed by social media medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-eβ¦
'Misinformation was high, including incorrect information around vaccine ingredients and side effects, which was shared alongside fear-mongering memes and conspiracy theoriesβ¦
Experts say use of political memes are a predictor of political violence news.nd.edu/news/experts-sβ¦
Tim Weninger studies 'how dehumanization is used in the lead-up to hostilities and helped develop an early warning system to fight disinformation online.'
via University of Notre Dame #GoIrish
Expert debunks sunscreen misinformation, says it does not cause cancer cbsnews.com/colorado/news/β¦ via CBSColorado cc Canadian Cancer Society
'...it's a 'no-brainer' to wear sunscreen daily.'
#ScienceUpFirst