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'Denialism' has no place in scientific debate

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I was intrigued to find my name on Megan Scudellari's short list of “today's most vocal denialists spreading ideas that counter the consensus in health fields”1. I am a prominent and published critic of the assertions of everyone else on the list, except for Wolfgang Wodarg—who doesn't belong there either.

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