GMC Invested in Nestlé, Fast Food, and Soft Drinks Companies

Dr Sheena Meredith, MB BS, MPhil | Disclosures | 16 March 2023 A Freedom of Information request submitted as part of an investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has exposed that the General Medical Council (GMC) has substantial investments in controversial infant formula manufacturer Nestlé, as well as fast food and soft drink companies, including McDonald’s, Starbucks, Pepsico, Coca-Cola, and

How to vaccinate the world against covid-19

BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n211 (Published 05 February 2021)Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n211Read our latest coverage of the coronavirus outbreak In the scramble for covid-19 vaccines richer countries, predictably, have secured stocks first. With the headache of distribution on top of procurement, how will the world reach the herd immunity levels needed to defeat the virus? Chris Baraniuk reports When Senjuti Saha, a scientist

What you should know about covid-19 vaccine- Peer-reviewed study

13 dec 2022 ❗️The implications of this data are enormous… In a new peer-reviewed study published in The BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics, researchers performed a risk-benefit assessment and ethical analysis using data from Pfizer, Moderna and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Their findings were: And then there’s this: The researchers concluded

Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise? – The BMJ

July 5, 2021 Health research is based on trust. Health professionals and journal editors reading the results of a clinical trial assume that the trial happened and that the results were honestly reported. But about 20% of the time, said Ben Mol, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Monash Health, they would be wrong. As

Scientific integrity is dead

april 19 2022 An opinion titled Evidence-based medicine has been corrupted by corporate interests, failed regulation, and commercialisation of academia (https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o702) was published in the British Medical Journal and perfectly describes the current scientific dilemma we are currently observing. The authors correctly state that “the advent of evidence-based medicine was a paradigm shift intended to

COVID-19 RESEARCHER BLOWS THE WHISTLE ON DATA INTEGRITY ISSUES IN PFIZER’S VACCINE TRIAL

March 19th, 2022. For researchers who were testing Pfizer’s vaccine at several sites in Texas during that autumn, speed may have come at the cost of data integrity and patient safety. A regional director who was employed at the research organisation Ventavia Research Group has told The BMJ that the company falsified data, unblinded patients,

Facebook versus the BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong

19 January 2022 The BMJ has locked horns with Facebook and the gatekeepers of international fact checking after one of its investigations was wrongly labelled with “missing context” and censored on the world’s largest social network. Rebecca Coombes and Madlen Davies report On 3 November Howard Kaplan, a retired dentist from Israel, posted a link to a BMJ investigation article in a

BMJ Editor Dr. Peter Doshi Gives Evidence to Expert Panel on Medical Mandates and Covid Injection Injuries

By Rhoda Wilson on November 5, 2021 On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson held a three-hour panel discussion in Washington D.C. with doctors and medical researchers who treat Covid injection injuries, along with patients who have experienced adverse events due to Covid injections. Dr. Peter Doshi, Editor of the British Medical Journal (“BMJ”), gave his

The EMA covid-19 data leak, and what it tells us about mRNA instability

BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n627 (Published 10 March 2021)Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n627 Article Related content Metrics Responses Serena Tinari, journalist serena.tinari@re-check.ch Leaked documents show that some early commercial batches of Pfizer-BioNTech’s covid-19 vaccine had lower than expected levels of intact mRNA, prompting wider questions about how to assess this novel vaccine platform, writes Serena Tinari As it conducted its analysis of the

Mandatory covid-19 vaccination for care home workers : Unnecessary, disproportionate, and misguided

Professor Allyson Pollock this morning “This decision by UK parliament to call a snap vote making mandatory vaccination of care-workers is appalling, unethical and a disproportionate violation of human rights” her article from last week https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1684?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=hootsuite&utm_content=sme&utm_campaign=usage In a profound departure from public health norms, new law will remove the right of care home staff in

Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy

May 20, 2021 Noel Thomas to Azeem Majeed (evidently spent the day in the BMJ legal department): Re: Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1138/rr-19 Re: Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy Azeem Majeed, et al. 373:doi 10.1136/bmj.n1138Dear Editor The introduction to this paper finishes with the authors’ hope that it’s overview will “ help people make informed decisions about covid

COVID-19: Just the Facts

10 May 2021 by Will Jones Twelve key questions about COVID-19 and lockdowns answered. All answers fully referenced from peer-reviewed research and leading authorities. How deadly is COVID-19? Stanford Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology John P. A. Ioannidis in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation has reviewed data from studies globally and estimated that the infection fatality rate (IFR)