So Peter Gøtzsche has been kicked off the board of directors of @cochranecollab. I can't say I'm sorry after his biased and poor quality critique of the Cochrane review on the HPV vaccine and his book comparing big pharma to the mafia. 1/https://vaxopedia.org/2018/09/16/crisis-at-the-nordic-cochrane-centre/ …
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I don't know what happened to him, but Gøtzsche has been drifting into crank territory for quite some time now, to the point where
@cochranecollab has had to issue statements saying it doesn't agree with his position on, for example, psychiatric drugs. 2/https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5073 …2 replies 12 retweets 15 likesShow this thread -
Of late, on psychiatry, Gøtzsche has been sounding as though he's become a scientologist, and on the topic of the HPV vaccine he's been sounding more and more antivax. 3/https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/cochrane-hpv-vaccine-systematic-review-criticism/ …
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Four members of
@cochranecollab board resigned in solidarity because they couldn't defend the board's decision as board members are expected to do. They state that they value "plurality of opinions, views, and perspectives," but Gøtzsche is now pretty far out there. 4/1 reply 9 retweets 7 likesShow this thread -
In any event, it saddens me. Gøtzsche used to be such a pillar of the evidence-based medicine community. He still runs @CochraneNordic, which makes me wonder if
@cochranecollab will let Nordic Cochrane continue to use the Cochrane name. 5/1 reply 9 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
In any event, one gone, one to go. If
@cochranecollab would now get rid of Tom Jefferson, that would be a big step forward in cleaning house with respect to vaccines. As for Gøtzsche, good riddance, I say! 6/6https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-recommended-childhood-vaccine-schedules-evidence-based/ …3 replies 8 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @gorskon @cochranecollab
New article...the disclosure (once you've read the article) doesn't exactly come as a surprise. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjebmspotlight/2018/09/16/cochrane-a-sinking-ship/ …pic.twitter.com/BaIiX1JGSw
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IIRC, Demasi was most recently in the news over at
@RetractionWatch for her defense of copy-pasting lanes in WBs as a legitimate research strategy. https://retractionwatch.com/2018/05/09/controversial-australian-science-journalist-admits-to-duplication-in-her-phd-thesis/ … That, and pushing the 'Wifi -> brain tumour" barrow.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @SmutClyde @gorskon and
Oh there's a
@PubPeer thread about her PhD: https://pubpeer.com/publications/2AC1B6191D3B4ACD01A41C4AF45E5C …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
"It began with, what might be perceived as, fairly trivial issues. Wilson accused Gøtzsche of using Cochrane’s letterhead on a complaint to the European Medicines Agency..." Actually, I don't think that was trivial:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-017-0004-x …
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Replying to @Rosewind2007 @SmutClyde and
Rosewind Retweeted Rosewind
A statement from the Cochrane itself, pretty unexpected?https://mobile.twitter.com/Rosewind2007/status/1041722575741771777 …
Rosewind added,
Rosewind @Rosewind2007This is pretty remarkable:#CochraneForAllExceptPeterGoetzsche ?#CochraneForAll ? "This is about the behaviour of one individual. There has been a lengthy investigation into repeated bad behaviour over many years." https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-cochranes-governing-board …Show this thread0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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