Thread by @Rosewind2007, “Shutting down spaces & de-platforming individuals is the single most effective tool [...]

“Shutting down spaces & de-platforming individuals is the single most effective tool for dealing with these sorts of malign actors It is the one thing that absolutely works. It cripples the networks & it is the best way to stop the anti-vaxx infection from spreading”
@Imi_Ahmed https://twitter.com/thelonevirologi/status/1308603673178669057">https://twitter.com/thelonevi...

https://twitter.com/thelonevirologi/status/1308603673178669057

Please read the article in full:
@Imi_Ahmed was a contributor to the @DrJennersHouse #jennerconversatios last week, do watch!
I’m afraid @ProfHeidiLarson and co have dropped then ball.
Perhaps @CCDHate can pick it up?
#VaccinesWork
#vaccine
#Covid_19 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30227-2/fulltext#.X2q7vn80bKs.twitter">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/...

The online anti-vaccine movement in the age of COVID-19

A new report by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has lambasted social media companies for allowing the anti-vaccine movement to remain on their platforms. The report's authors noted that...

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30227-2/fulltext#.X2q7vn80bKs.twitter

“Going after a few high-profile hucksters who are exploiting and encouraging anti-vaccine sentiment to make money would be a powerful disincentive to anyone else considering choosing the same path”

Yes PLEASE!!!
#VaccinesWork
#vaccines
#Covid_19

“You cannot just take away the stage, and assume these people are going to go away”, adds Larson. “We are talking about very deep-rooted beliefs; they will simply find another stage.”
From @ProfHeidiLarson
I don’t care!
They can bugger off.
Keep them away the genuinely hesitant.

The genuinely hesitant are the ones being subjected with daily exposure to this sort of trash.
Media savvy, slick, beguiling #antivaxx trash.
Which sucks them in.
Which worries.
Which infects them.
Science isn’t media savvy, or beguiling.
It’s often hard work.
#VaccinesWork

“De-platforming makes me nervous”, he said. “This is an issue of freedom of speech. Unless you have a situation where there is blatant misinformation that is directly causing harm, you have to ask ‘where do you draw the line?’

LETS DRAW THAT LINE!!!!