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ONE of the world’s oldest and most respected medical journals has published a damning attack on the UK Government, saying “science is being suppressed for political and financial gain” in the mould of “some of history’s worst autocrats and dictators”.
The journal argued that Covid-19 had “unleashed state corruption on a grand scale”, and that politicians and industry are guilty of “opportunistic embezzlement”.
The British Medical Journal (officially the BMJ since 1988) published the article,
The British Medical Journal (officially the BMJ since 1988) published the article,
entitled “Covid-19: politicisation, ‘corruption,’ and suppression of science”, in its most recent edition.
In an unusually political intervention, the journal accuses the Government of claiming to “follow the science”, when in reality: “Government appointees are able to ignore or cherry pick science -
another form of misuse - and indulge in anti-competitive practices that favour their own products and those of friends and associates.”
Written by executive editor Abbasi, the article highlights “at least four examples of suppression of science or scientists” from the English Government’s pandemic response.
The first of these is the initial secrecy of the Government’s SAGE advice, which was only made public after a press leak.
The revelation that Dominic Cummings was allowed to sit in on these meetings while “public health, clinical care, women, and ethnic minorities”
The revelation that Dominic Cummings was allowed to sit in on these meetings while “public health, clinical care, women, and ethnic minorities”
were under-represented is highlighted in the BMJ piece.
Abbasi points to #scientists being told not to speak to the #media, and the suppression of key paragraphs from Public Health England (PHE) reports, before accusing PHE of attempting to block the publication
Abbasi points to #scientists being told not to speak to the #media, and the suppression of key paragraphs from Public Health England (PHE) reports, before accusing PHE of attempting to block the publication
of a scientific report into the efficacy of antibody tests procured by Westminster.
The BMJ said the science shows that in the “real world” these tests’ performance “falls short of claims made by its manufacturers”, something that the Government and PHE were trying to suppress.
The BMJ said the science shows that in the “real world” these tests’ performance “falls short of claims made by its manufacturers”, something that the Government and PHE were trying to suppress.
They ask: “Why was it important to procure this product without due scrutiny?”
The BMJ goes on to highlight that this suppression of science is “not new or a peculiarly British phenomenon”, comparing Boris Johnson’s Government’s actions with that of Donald Trump’s in the USA.
The BMJ goes on to highlight that this suppression of science is “not new or a peculiarly British phenomenon”, comparing Boris Johnson’s Government’s actions with that of Donald Trump’s in the USA.
