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> To kick off the flamewar: is discussing any treatment but vaccines still == "spreading anti-vax misinformation"? Why?

• h2odragon 5y ago
  to put a stick in the eye of the person eager to jump up with copypasta about how we should be focusing on vaccines instead of other treatments, the response about how all the "treatments" offered so far are scams, the political follow ons, and so on.
  • happytoexplain 5y ago
    Not that those people don't exist, but the whole "I bet those people are going to have this reaction" is just as much political bickering (and therefore conversation poison) as the behavior your predicting.
  • adolph 5y ago
    Misinformation is a topic of recent increased interest so citing it will likely bring more engagement. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=misinformation https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=m... https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=misinformation https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=m...
• ravenstine 5y ago
  It's a fair question considering that's been a de facto rule on social media, despite people using code words to get around that. But I am not sure that was ever the case here on HN, so I don't know why they used the word "still".