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[–]ID10T 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

He's calling for studies to be done because he's seeing an alarming correlation between patients receiving a booster and rapid onset of cancer. He's not proclaiming a conclusion, but sounding an alarm that there's a situation happening that should be examined.

[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

He's a professor of oncology. Who's he "calling" on to do these studies? It's literally his own job. Perhaps he should consider doing it.

[–]LarrySwinger2 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

There's no reason why he should just be silent about it until then. When too many people remain silent is when things go wrong. He's a professor and a concerned citizen, and Twitter is the right platform to express this kind of alarm. He isn't doing it impulsively either, but this is his impression based on a lot of experience. We should give it more credence exactly because he's a professor.

[–]Hematomato 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I think it's specifically as a professor that he has a responsibility to give us something more substantive than "Hey, some of my colleagues are saying the same thing." Any educated person should know that synchronicities occur all the time. Scientific conclusions require data.

[–]LadiesMan 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

As a doctor he has a responsibility to raise the alarm if he feels his patients are in danger. All health scandals start with someone saying "this is not right." And when they are ignored as he was, they go to the media. Any educated person could understand his decision, and all patients would welcome a doctor concerned for their health.

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

He's not a medical doctor, and he doesn't have patients. He's a Ph.D. professor of oncology. A cancer researcher.

[–]LadiesMan 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're right. A registered consultant oncologist talking about "my patients" is not a medical doctor with patients.