Caroline Struthers' correspondence and blog on the Cochrane Review: 'Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome, 2017 and 2019, Larun et al.

Rereading this, just noticed that the job advert was dated last Wed, 13th Feb.

Presumably it was posted today while the site was down?

Applications need to be submitted by 28th Feb and it is the 19th Feb today. That is not long. Has it been posted elsewhere?

How long have things been moving at Cochrane?

 

Given their advert for a new Board Member was dated the 13th of February with a deadline of the 12th of March. Even that seems a relatively short period given they are seeking nominations for this post from countries not already represented on the Board.

 

Who will be making the recruitment decision, and who might be influencing it?

 

These words seemed to have the desired effect.

 

Maybe it's already been made and publicly advertising the post with a short deadline is just a formality.

 

Update from Caroline

https://healthycontrolblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/cochrane-complaint-latest/

 

https://healthycontrolblog.wordpres...he-co-chairs-of-the-cochrane-governing-board/

 

So a new deadline, end of may.

 

"The amendment will not include a full update, but a decision about this will made subsequently.'"

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub7/information#whatsNew

 

First acknowledgement is thanks to Peter White, the one whose behaviour was described as “shocking” in a debate in the House of Commons.

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub7/information#whatsNew



ETA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rCA-pcqbMY

At 4-5 minutes.

 

well here we are 31st May..........so where is it?

 

Did they specify the year?

 

Do they hope people will forget and go away, or is it just that they don't care about scientific integrity?

 

They did before wait till the last day of a deadline they gave for an update.

I have forgotten which this was, the Exercise Review rewrite or the Review Group that hosts ME?

 

Could they mean that the authors had until today to submit their amendment, not necessarily that Cochrane will publish it by today?

 

The author's had until today to amend the review, so my interpretation is that the publication is intended for some unspecified date in the future if/when it passes peer review, or editorial review. (At leastI'm assuming somebody will assess the amendment in some way, but maybe that's not how it works).

Editor's note is under 'What's New':

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub7/information

 

Presumably the decision should not take too long in the making (absolute maximum one week I would have thought?), and will be whether to allow the revised review to supersede the current one, or to pull the plug on it. Given how impossible it would seem for the authors to meet the 'defensible' and 'valid' criteria, I would imagine Cochrane should decide to withdraw it. Time will tell, but hopefully not too much time.

 

Dog ate it?