Dr David Tuller: Prof. Edwards' Letter to BMJ's Dr Godlee about the LP Study

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http://www.virology.ws/2019/06/03/trial-by-error-professor-edwards-letter-to-bmj-dr-godlee-a

Trial By Error: Professor Edwards’ Letter to BMJ’s Dr Godlee About the LP Study

3 JUNE 2019
By David Tuller, DrPH

On May 15th, I sent a letter to Dr Fiona Godlee, BMJ’s editorial director, alerting her that a new review in Current Opinion in Pediatrics had highlighted the Lightning Process as an “effective” treatment, based on a flawed study in one of her journals–Archives of Disease in Childhood. The subject line: “a plea about addressing the flawed Lightning Process trial”

I cc-d many people, including Professor Jonathan Edwards, who is currently serving as an advisor to the committee developing new guidelines for ME/CFS under the auspices of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. A couple of days later, Professor Edwards followed up with his own letter to Dr Godlee, which was also cc-d to the same group of people. I am posting Professor Edwards’ letter below, with his permission.
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Dear Fiona,

I thought I should comment on the email from David Tuller, copied below. I think David is right to raise this as a matter of serious concern and urgency and I think that those of us who may be in a position to influence things have a duty of care to do what we can. I see this as a safeguarding issue, not so different from that faced recently by senior clergy.