Hey, y'all! It's That Season again...
It's open season on pwME!
Why?
Positive results from NICE in the UK!
If you've played the game before, you know how it goes:
Good science news stirs the hornet's nest of BPSers in the UK. (1/4)
It's open season on pwME!
Why?
Positive results from NICE in the UK!
If you've played the game before, you know how it goes:
Good science news stirs the hornet's nest of BPSers in the UK. (1/4)
They're angry when science or policy runs counter to their framing... so they come to Twitter to ragetweet.
Advice, take or leave:
1) If you reply: present a fact, provide a source, & goodbye. Do not re-engage
2) If the tweet is abusive
-- screenshot
-- report
-- block/mute (2/4
Advice, take or leave:
1) If you reply: present a fact, provide a source, & goodbye. Do not re-engage
2) If the tweet is abusive
-- screenshot
-- report
-- block/mute (2/4
Also: these are the people who tried to hold back public data on the grounds that patients were mean to them. (It didn't fly.) So someday your tweet could be evidence! (3/4)
Finally, if you have PTSD from medical abuse, I strongly suggest you avoid these threads.
Never have I encountered people who so despise those they purport to help. If your health is rough now, avoid, avoid, avoid. (4/4)
Never have I encountered people who so despise those they purport to help. If your health is rough now, avoid, avoid, avoid. (4/4)
Oh, and the speed and intensity of ragetweeting means you should expect a "thinkpiece" on how "NICE has been INfiLTraTED by ACTIVISTS!" really soon. Brace for impact.
After 'tending' this tweetstream, I'm logging off to watch Great British Baking show or whatever after reading through some of these truly vile threads. People be peopleing I guess.