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Is the misrepresentation of scientific findings by antivaxers leading to self-censorship by scientists?

Post author By Orac
Post date August 13, 2018
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Are vaccine scientists indulging in self-censorship?

Melinda Wenner Moyer published an article in The New York Times arguing that fear of how antivaxers will react to scientific findings is leading scientists to indulge in self-censorship. I’m not convinced that this is the case.

Tags antivaccine, Melinda Wenner Moyer, pseudoscience, quackery, self-censorship, vaccines

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