I will be looking at the methods and evidence related only to the subject Cochrane is reviewing. I'm not going to check the numbers in their GRADE...
I did not say that some Cochrane members are reluctant to scientific criticism being shared openly for every to review. I just pointed out that if...
I think a range of abilities are needed for specific roles - and there are abilities in common across multiple roles, but some that are specific....
I don't believe PWME and their advocates bear joint responsibility for the unpopularity of ME topics, or for the stigma that flows from all being...
Yes, I agree it's one of the discussion points raised in the past, in a document already included. This review is going ahead - and it won't be...
Thanks, Robert! I'll go through it carefully for new points and literature, and re-visit how to handle things that are not specifically about the...
Thank you - I will be really careful about the use of the term in future in that context: I'm sorry about this.
Thank you! The first one doesn't mention the Cochrane review, but I'll definitely look closely to see if there are points that are not already...
Goodness, no! I don't agree I said anything like that. And Cochrane is obviously updating this review, so I can't imagine why on earth you'd say I...
Thanks! (I won't respond to everything here, especially where I've commented on the issue.) I take your point. However, there has also been lots...
Thanks for pointing that out - I'll get it updated next week. That was the original wording, and as the report makes clear, there is going to be a...
It's not tone policing from Cochrane. I don't see activist as a pejorative term - I have described myself as an activist, for many years primarily...
I'll consult on the terminology "activists": obviously, as someone who themselves has a long history of activism, I don't consider it a negative...
I'm not going to discuss details of people's lives that they haven't discussed themselves publicly, so my answers aren't going to very satisfying,...
Cut and paste from the May progress report, for those who might not have read it: The new author team was decided by MOSS and PaPaS, in...
I'm going to pass this message on as some were so concerned that they don't have an impressive CV because of being too ill to work: it supports my...
Thanks - I'll check when they last updated the bios/declarations of the authors to make sure. (We updated ours for the IAG in the last month or...
That's Kate Hallsworth. Kay Hallsworth was a Naval Commander, and as her bio states, she was doing that* for 28 years, so no, she wasn't a...
Here's how I summarized it in a 2019 blog post: "Exercise is something of a sacred cow to many – including in the evidence community. So there was...
Long bows can be drawn in thin air, yes. That doesn't mean there's a there, there. I'll expand on methods/processes down the line - the progress...
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