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‘Evidence-Based Medicine’ and the Expulsion of Peter Gøtzsche The Danish physician was a celebrity in the world of statistical analysis, but some say his views simply went too far. BY   DANIEL KOLITZ 12.30.2019 Source :   https://undark.org/2019/12/30/peter-gotzsche-cochrane/ F OR EIGHT MONTHS  in 1975, Peter Gøtzsche recalls driving around Denmark misleading doctors about a new, more expensive type of penicillin. He was 25 years old, with master’s degrees in biology and chemistry. As a pharmaceutical representative for the Sweden-based Astra Group, he was tasked with promoting Globacillin, which was said to be more effective than regular penicillin. At the time, Gøtzsche says he did not know that the claims he was making on behalf of his employer were not backed by high-quality evidence. Gøtzsche stayed in the pharmaceutical industry for another eight years, writing brochures, strategizing ad campaigns, and, eventually, presiding over clinical trials. It was here that disillusionment

 By Pepe Escobar. Source:    http://thesaker.is/how-russia-china-are-stage-managing-the-taliban/ The first Taliban press conference after this weekend’s Saigon moment geopolitical earthquake, conducted by spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, was in itself a game-changer. The contrast could not be starker with those rambling pressers at the Taliban embassy in Islamabad after 9/11 and before the start of the American bombing – proving this is an entirely new political animal. Yet some things never change. English translations remain atrocious. Here is a good summary of the key Taliban statements, and here (in Russian) is a very detailed roundup. These are the key takeaways. – No problem for women to get education all the way to college, and to continue to work. They just need to wear the hijab (like in Qatar or Iran). No need to wear a burqa. The Taliban insists, “all women’s rights will be guaranteed within the limits of Islamic law.” – The Islamic Emirate “does not threaten anyone” and will