Peter White complaining about PACE Trial FOI request and calling for changes to FOI laws

[taniaaust1]

other examples include ... research into the health effects of tobacco

haha, umm doesn't that support the opposite to what he's saying and precisely why transparency is needed as we all know that was covered up.

 

[Roy S]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/680780053043519489

 

[alex3619]

And the Holiday season continues ...

 

[TiredSam]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/680780053043519489

I would remove the word "other" from that. Shouldn't we stop indulging them in their false belief that they are in any way scientists?

But apart from that it is of course wonderful that JC has come to save us at christmas.

 

[Esther12]

Did anyone ask for minutes of meetings? I'd agree that would be a pain. No one really takes minutes of conversations had in deciding the particulars of how to run a study. However, any relevant decisions should be detailed in the paper itself. And data should be free for the asking.

Yes. Some minutes have already been released, and they have been helpful for understanding the decision making that was taking place at the time.

 

[Snow Leopard]

Is it? An important principle of science is that researchers have a secret 'safe space' where they get to make decisions that have an important impact upon the lives of others, free from independent scrutiny? Who came up with that principle?

 

[leela]

I needed that giggle, @Snow Leopard!