We should certainly send the article to Cochrane.
I don't know. Monbiot raises no evidence that Cochrane do not have in front of them. He mentions David Tuller so will be seen as part of the activist conspiracy.
Monbiot said:"But the story spread so widely by the media – that ME/CFS patients were irrationally refusing treatment and abusing those who offered it – stuck, in the NHS and beyond. Medicine gave way to groupthink.
"Here are some things that should not need stating. Scientists and those who champion them should never close ranks against empirical challenge and criticism. They should not deny requests for data, should not shore up disproven claims, should not circle the wagons against legitimate public challenge. Above all, those who suffer the most should be listened to the most."
This is the aspect I want Hilda and the Cochrane editors to take notice of. They are, as far as we know, refusing to reopen their earlier decision not to withdraw the Cochrane exercise review, and Hilda has said campaigning won't shift them. I think this public rebuke against ignoring legitimate public challenge to bad science is worth passing on to Hilda and to Cochrane editors. Of course it will make no difference, but I want them publicly rebuked.