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Post-normal science and democracy: epistemologic basis for a new culture in drugs information
I finally couldn't be in Paris. This is the presentation I had planned to share at ISDB General Assembly Paris 2019. The presentation can be downloaded in pdf format at this link ( Drug information in the news and new media )...
Measles outbreaks, a public health focus. By Juan Gérvas
We have problems with measles. But the key question is not the acceptance of the vaccine, but access to it and problems with its effectiveness. (1) Access: For example, in America measles outbreaks have relationship with access problems to the vaccine for the poor...
Epidemic of chronic kidney disease among the most disadvantaged of tropical countries and scientific censorship. By Luis Carlos Silva Aycaguer
The long arm of Monsanto: chronicle of an unprecedented ignominy (1) The epidemic of chronic kidney disease. The criminal record of Monsanto, a transnational company devoted to the production and commercialization of agrochemicals, is extensive and fairly well...
Why science is not objective and why, in order to defend it, it is so important to accept that it is not. Redefining the unscientific. By Abel Novoa
Harry Collins is a sociologist of science who, first from the University of Bath and now from the University of Cardiff, has spent his entire life analysing the processes of generating scientific knowledge. Collins has demonstrated how scientific data can be subject...
My dismissal is scientific judicial murder. By Peter C. Gøtzsche
Translation of text "Min fyring er et videnskabeligt justitsmord" Politiken 11 Dec 2018 It is a full-blown scandal that Rigshospitalet will dismiss me. It is a clear attack on both independent research and freedom of expression. Peter C. Gøtzsche Professor and...
Letter from John Ioannidis to the Danish Minister of Health in defence of Peter Gøtzsche
Public letter of support to Peter Gøtzsche
Letter of support, addressed to the Danish Minister of Health, to avoid dismissal of Peter Gøtzsche from the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. Dear Minister of Health of Denmark Ellen Trane Nørby: We are writing to express our concern over the possible dismissal of Peter...
Regenerate Cochrane to strengthen the production of trusted evidence for the common good of public health. By David Hammerstein
The crisis in Cochrane is about the credibility of Cochrane and not a question concerning the “behaviour” by one individual. What is at stake is the prestige of Cochrane and the public´s faith in its work. It is a major mistake to personalize the crisis in Peter...
The Cochrane Iberoamerican Network asks to improve the governance of the organisation as well as transparency, participation and an independent review of the Peter Gøtzsche´s process.
All of directors (31 out of 31) for the Ibero-American Cochrane Network believe that the regulatory mechanisms used to expel Peter Goetzche are not sufficiently developed and have been able to be used in an unbiased manner and without due guarantees. These...
Is Gøtzsche good or bad for science? Bastians, Greenhalghs and Moynihans vs Healys, Smiths and Godlees. The radicality demanded by the “GIGO effect”. By Abel Novoa
Is Gøtzsche good or bad for science? That's what Hilda Bastian asks herself in a recent post on her wonderful blog "Absolutely maybe". Hilda Bastian was also founder of Cochrane, like Gøtzsche, but left the organisation in 2012 because of some discrepancies with its...