I’m not sure where the line between antivax moron and brave citizen scientist sits, but it looks blurry to me.
In this particular scandal, facebook mom groups compared anecdotal reports of symptoms, tried to understand science they weren’t educated in, and harassed surgeons at a convention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essure
It ultimately led to Bayer removing a product from the market.
I very much enjoyed Inadequate Equilibria, in an ‘adequate’ world, the facebook mom groups should never be right about anything, but in the world we occupy...
I’m not sure where the line between antivax moron and brave citizen scientist sits, but it looks blurry to me.
In this particular scandal, facebook mom groups compared anecdotal reports of symptoms, tried to understand science they weren’t educated in, and harassed surgeons at a convention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essure
It ultimately led to Bayer removing a product from the market.
I very much enjoyed Inadequate Equilibria, in an ‘adequate’ world, the facebook mom groups should never be right about anything, but in the world we occupy...