@Jonathan Edwards I am not convinced of this point. If they leave everything as is, the only choices are to not extend the trial or to extend it...
I think people should probably retire this particular accusation against Sharpe. I obviously hold no brief for the good professor and have no...
I don't think extending a feasibility trial into a full trial is a problem per se--the problem in SMILE was that the two-person subcommittee...
@Esther12 and @Alvin I think there is room for both approaches. All movements have those more moderate and working sometimes from the inside, and...
So Carol Monaghan has agreed to add her name to the open letter to The Lancet. She suggested asking the others who also signed the early day...
@Trish good point, I'll send him that review. I'm not sure he's seen it.
Yes I would also love to see the briefing.
I don't know much about parliamentary decorum, but it seems to me that when you have conducted yourself in such an inappropriate manner that...
I don't think this is exactly right. They're claiming that even if they could get a statistician, which they obviously could, they shouldn't be...
That's an interesting question that we hadn't really thought about. For credibility the letter was written for "experts" and "professionals"...
I should say that I'm pretty sure I've used the phrase "false illness beliefs" at some point but NOT as a direct quote from the PACE authors. I...
I have heard that speculation before. Certainly I've assumed he read it before and advised. Whether he was a formal peer-reviewer, who knows?
That's the first I've heard that I invented the term. Frankly, I see no real difference between "unhelpful" or "dysfunctional" illness beliefs and...
So what happened first was an open letter in November, 2015, a month after the series ran. That one was signed just by the five experts I quoted,...
Yes, Carol Monaghan is aware of it. The Australians involved are aware of it. It will be shared with reporters as well. Anyone can share it with...
That would be interesting.
That's great. I thought I'd post it on Virology Blog. I'm assuming that's ok?
Well I don't expect it. I guess it was meant to be aspirational... :)
The idea is to re-post the letter in the near future with organizations added. So Action For ME will have a chance to decide along with other...
Perfect. But is that Sharpe's Law or the Sharpe Corollary of Godwin's Law? Perhaps the relevant factor is whether a Nazi or Hitler analogy is also...
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