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The first time I can recall ever having mentioned Peter Doshi <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/crank-conferences-a-parody-of-science-based-medicine-that-can-suck-in-even-reputable-scientists-and-institutions/">was in 2009</a>, when he spoke at an antivaccine conference hosted by Barbara Loe Fisher’s National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) and, when contacted about it, responded with a transparent, “my speaking there does not imply endorsement”.
What the heck happened to The BMJ? | Science-Based Medicine
sciencebasedmedicine.org
We didn’t know then that while it was indeed the end of that era, we were right at the start of a new one that none of us had voted for. That day, in York, the UK recorded its first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. My memories of this trip to Paris would soon feel like those from another, radically different, time.
Vaxxers
Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green
Bhakdi verlangt, dass Maßnahmen erst ergriffen werden, wenn die Gefährlichkeit des Virus <em>gesichert</em> sei. Was für ein Unsinn. Man muss vorsorgen, solange die Ungefährlichkeit <em>nicht gesichert</em> ist. In die gleiche Kerbe haut Stanford-Koryphäe John Ioannidis, der im Focus <a href="https://www.focus.de/gesundheit/news/statistikwissenschaftler-john-ioannidis-stanford-wissenschaftler-zu-coronakrise-treffen-entscheidungen-ohne-zuverlaessige-datenbasis_id_11790674.html" rel="external noopener" target="_blank">Maßnahmen "ohne zuverlässige Datenbasis" beklagt</a>.
Coronavirus: Das Versagen Der Alternativen Medien | Telepolis
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