David Tuller: Trial By Error: A Letter to Health Officials About BMJ’s Lax Editorial Standards

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Trial By Error: A Letter to Health Officials About BMJ’s Lax Editorial Standards

http://www.virology.ws/2018/06/06/trial-by-error-an/

6 June 2018

By David Tuller, DrPH

I am not sure what is going on at BMJ and why editors there seem incapable of acknowledging their flawed decision-making when it comes to two papers that should never have been accepted for publication. One violated BMJ’s policy that all trials must be properly prospectively registered, with no participants recruited beforehand. The other violated official U.K. guidelines by exempting itself from ethical review on false grounds…
 
In any event, I am alerting people potentially involved in developing or assessing public policy that these two papers breach scientific and/or ethical principles and should not be taken into account when considering any issues related to children’s health. My latest letter, posted below, is to the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, who is the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and Professor Dame Sally Davies, who is the Chief Medical Officer for England.
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Well they won't be able to say they didn't know. That's two MPs and the senior medical advisor to the government whom Dave T has made aware of the issues, and the risk to children.

I think @dave30th is earning his money!
 
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