Very well said William Conklin. The evidence distortion history and techniques need to be taught at the formation level in the health professions and colleges. I appreciated the work put into this piece and the fine selection of experts who were cited at length because the author’s goal was audience education. There is no need to paraphr…
Very well said William Conklin. The evidence distortion history and techniques need to be taught at the formation level in the health professions and colleges. I appreciated the work put into this piece and the fine selection of experts who were cited at length because the author’s goal was audience education. There is no need to paraphrase Dr Yeadon very much because he is very clear and works hard to be accessible to a broad audience. He has also come to the most sensible conclusion that the pattern of consistently picking the worst features for drug design across all producers is an indicator of intentional design to accomplish killing and sterilization. We need to get this in our teeth. Really it’s like rope, duct tape, new shovels, handcuffs, knockout drugs, etc in your car trunk looks bad if your a murder suspect-- and it’s enough already at a certain point. In this essay, I was surprised to see Gates’ role in subverting the Cochrane Collaboration mentioned. I knew about the controversy and saw the great Ioannidis defend Dr Gotzsche who was fired from his hospital and professional training duties as well as excluded from the Collaboration. It was clearly unjust-- but now I see the Columbia Review on ALL the professional and media organizations bought off by Gates included the much honored Cochrane that was the leader in systematic review methodology and distinguished efforts to produce high quality SR and meta analyses. The evidence synthesis products were in the foundation of many treating guidelines for the health professions. People had respect and it was important to have integrity in this area because the work is so vast that it must be done by many working with honor and virtue. It’s not a sufficient response to just fold the failure of virtue in these areas into a smug world weary cynicism. Society cannot function without integrity and the effort to do one’s duty. The need for reform is very urgent and it must come down to the lay people who demand honorable conduct and demand of each other a philosophy of honor and truthfulness. The Mammon game cannot be how we calculate worthiness.
Very well said William Conklin. The evidence distortion history and techniques need to be taught at the formation level in the health professions and colleges. I appreciated the work put into this piece and the fine selection of experts who were cited at length because the author’s goal was audience education. There is no need to paraphrase Dr Yeadon very much because he is very clear and works hard to be accessible to a broad audience. He has also come to the most sensible conclusion that the pattern of consistently picking the worst features for drug design across all producers is an indicator of intentional design to accomplish killing and sterilization. We need to get this in our teeth. Really it’s like rope, duct tape, new shovels, handcuffs, knockout drugs, etc in your car trunk looks bad if your a murder suspect-- and it’s enough already at a certain point. In this essay, I was surprised to see Gates’ role in subverting the Cochrane Collaboration mentioned. I knew about the controversy and saw the great Ioannidis defend Dr Gotzsche who was fired from his hospital and professional training duties as well as excluded from the Collaboration. It was clearly unjust-- but now I see the Columbia Review on ALL the professional and media organizations bought off by Gates included the much honored Cochrane that was the leader in systematic review methodology and distinguished efforts to produce high quality SR and meta analyses. The evidence synthesis products were in the foundation of many treating guidelines for the health professions. People had respect and it was important to have integrity in this area because the work is so vast that it must be done by many working with honor and virtue. It’s not a sufficient response to just fold the failure of virtue in these areas into a smug world weary cynicism. Society cannot function without integrity and the effort to do one’s duty. The need for reform is very urgent and it must come down to the lay people who demand honorable conduct and demand of each other a philosophy of honor and truthfulness. The Mammon game cannot be how we calculate worthiness.
Meant - I don’t recall The Columbia Review mentioning Cochrane when I saw the list of bought off a few years ago.