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So, today I was blocked on Facebook. It happens. Especially if you’re engaging with antivax activists<\/del> plague enthusiasts who don’t particularly like your message.<\/p>\n

But, I thought the context of this particular blocking too delicious to keep to myself.<\/p>\n

It started like this<\/a>:\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Black took exception to this; apparently she wasn’t actually advocating that people should go and catch measles.<\/p>\n

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Well, from you, Black…\"\"<\/a>This was a bridge too far, or perhaps, a question too many.<\/p>\n

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Oh, the irony! I don’t think I’ve ever been accused of being a troll\u00a0on an article that I wrote\u00a0<\/em>ever before, by someone who clearly has no idea what actual research entails. Now I’ll have to go down to Bunnings & see if they have any irony meters in stock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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