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More on escaping from social and other media.

More on escaping from social and other media.

On debunking any interpretations which may be dangerous to those who work tirelessly for our wellbeing

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Tom Jefferson
Feb 06, 2023
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In my recent post, I gave reasons why I am very wary of talking to the media. I thank those who sent messages of support. While I do not give two Hancocks for what the establishment thinks, I do care about what our supporters think and am deeply grateful for the responses.

So I have more for you. We, the co-authors of the Cochrane review, known for short as A122, have received several requests described in my previous post: “can I please check the main facts and, by the way, tell me what your review says because I cannot be bothered to do my job” type of messages.

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However, we recently got another query which underlines the points made in the previous posts. This request comes from a very powerful press syndicate:

“I’m reaching out because I’ve been seeing some posts [links redacted by TJ] spreading widely on social media that seem to be misrepresent…

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