The three million toothbrush botnet story isn't true

Re:The three million toothbrush botnet story isn't true by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @08:42PM (#39283448)

Reminds me of the "Jick Study" that Dopesick talks about[0].

This was a simple letter to the editor, written by a doctor, that became the driving force behind Oxycontin marketing.

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/nejm-lett...

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Re:The three million toothbrush botnet story isn't true by duskwuff on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @10:06PM (#39283961)

Or, similarly, the letter to the editor in NEJM which caused decades of mistrust of MSG -- and which, depending on who you listen to, might or might not have been a deliberate hoax.

https://news.colgate.edu/magazine/2019/02/06/the-strange-cas...

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