“As the world slid into the Covid story, publication of the fourth update was delayed by several months. Several “rapid reviews” were published in the time void, including non-evidence ones using predictive models. The hole was filled with scientific trash, which enabled the retrofitting of evidence to attempt to legitimise decisions taken by third parties fuelled by lurid scenarios designed to increase the feardemic. Apparently, not even Cabinet Ministers knew how these decisions were made. The Spectator condensed this point by interviewing the UK’s then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, as follows: ..”
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https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/revisiting-archie-cochranes-agenda?r=88dyo&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
“As the world slid into the Covid story, publication of the fourth update was delayed by several months. Several “rapid reviews” were published in the time void, including non-evidence ones using predictive models. The hole was filled with scientific trash, which enabled the retrofitting of evidence to attempt to legitimise decisions taken by third parties fuelled by lurid scenarios designed to increase the feardemic. Apparently, not even Cabinet Ministers knew how these decisions were made. The Spectator condensed this point by interviewing the UK’s then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, as follows: ..”