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 …
-
-
Show 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/ …
Show this thread -
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/Show 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/Show 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/ …Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
But, as
@bengoldacre pointed out in "Bad Pharma", some parts of pharma behaviour have been distinctly mafia-like -
You know as well as I do that Gøtzsche went beyond that. Look his book titles: e.g., Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare, Deadly Psychiatry and Organised Denial. He buys the bogus stat that prescription drugs are the #3 cause of death.
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
I think it's unfair to the mafia. Big Pharma is only comparable to torture and genocide.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.