Does Industry Funding Corrupt Science?

t’s a charge many scientists face: they post a factual tweet refuting common misinfo about vaccines, pesticides or some other public health controversy and their replies are almost instantly flooded with accusations that they’ve been bought by industry. This is the infamous “shill gambit”—the reflexive dismissal of any scientist, doctor or commentator who has (or sometimes hasn’t) accepted industry funding. It’s intellectually bankrupt, a poor substitute for substantive engagement with evidence.