Talk:The Quiet Epidemic
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@WikiTryHardDieHard I removed your synopsis and edits on chronic Lyme disease for lack of reliable sourcing. I am concerned that this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements and also lacks reliable sources to support an article. It would probably be a good idea to move this to draft until it has reliable sourcing. Chronic Lyme is well-established as an anti-science movement. To characterize this film as about Lyme disease patients is misleading.
This conspiracy theorist film is like Vaxxed in that it relies on anti-vaccine propaganda, dubious anecdotes, and misleading claims. Some cursory research shows it was produced by chronic Lyme patients and funded by chronic Lyme advocacy groups, including the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation. The Cohens' funding has been documented by NY Mag and Bloomberg. Thank you. ScienceFlyer (talk) 18:09, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- To my knowledge, it is not our duty as editors to police whether a film's arguments have merit. We follow notability and accuracy guidelines. The topic is controversial and I am happy to treat it with due regard. WikiTryHardDieHard (talk) 18:17, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- I don't see any evidence of a reliable source, nor much support for notability beyond the single credulous Variety review. Chronic Lyme disease is long-discredited pseudoscience. There is no debate in the scientific community, so it is WP:UNDUE to claim there is a debate or that it "documents" anything. There is no compelling evidence that any of the anecdotes cited in the documentary ever has Lyme disease, much less chronic Lyme disease. Therefore, it is incorrect to state that the oncologist had a "misdiagnosis". ScienceFlyer (talk) 18:33, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Very well. I added neutral language to that effect. WikiTryHardDieHard (talk) 19:04, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- I don't see any evidence of a reliable source, nor much support for notability beyond the single credulous Variety review. Chronic Lyme disease is long-discredited pseudoscience. There is no debate in the scientific community, so it is WP:UNDUE to claim there is a debate or that it "documents" anything. There is no compelling evidence that any of the anecdotes cited in the documentary ever has Lyme disease, much less chronic Lyme disease. Therefore, it is incorrect to state that the oncologist had a "misdiagnosis". ScienceFlyer (talk) 18:33, 5 June 2023 (UTC)