Mrs Sowester
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Please don't think I'm defending them - I absolutely agree they are responsible for a whole mountain of harm and their personal world views don't absolve them of their responsibility. But I don't believe they will be called to account unless clear evidence of wilful misconduct or fraudulence is uncovered and pursued legally.Yes, but they are responsible for their behaving and steps. They are not amateurs but professionals and scientists. They have to be responsable for their harms and unethical behaving. The years patients say that the GET make them harm but they still push this theory. If I would be a scientist and there will be such a problem I would try to talk to patients, other scientists from other field and doctors and GPs and try to solve the problem in the best interest of patients.
If you push a theory which doesnt have any impact on people then I will say ok, but if you influence a lot of people negativly for years you have a big responsibility and you cannot say on the and well we were just wrong. Let´s forget about and we will move further. You have to carry the consequences. I think in the future we should ask excuses from the psychiatrists and large financial compensation which we could use for ME activities.
There is a long history of diseases that were viewed as psychosomatic until new evidence came to light; MS, Crohnes, AIDS and stomach ulcers to name a few. Was anyone ever called to account for the poor treatment of people with these diseases after the biological cause was discovered?
They will defend themselves with the argument that they did the best they could with the scientific knowledge available at the time.