Carl Heneghan

It's more likely to get busier, which is more like the average.

So there's that slight issue.

My second issue here is when you do the critical appraisal of this is whether the control is okay doing nothing.

Maybe it should have done the opposite, like it's going to be really busy.

And then you might have said something and got some opposite action.

Yeah, so a follow-up trial of a true sham control.

No, I am.

I suspect what I love about this paper, and I might put this on the teaching list, is the limitations of the study.

And the third limitation is, thirdly, we did not control for other confounding factors, such as seasonal variation, number of microbiological samples received, or presence of black cats, cracked mirrors, or lone magpies.

that is my best limitation of the year.

I'm not sure how you would interpret that in the context of critical appraisal, but I think it's amazing to get that past the BMJ editor.

Worthy of sleep at the wheel.

Are you sure you actually read this paper?

I'm not sure if there's another journal that has a reputation for...

ridiculousness at Christmas, antics and interest and so well read as the Christmas edition.

And some of these papers can get in the top 1000 or 100 of the altmetrics, really can get in the news.

And some of them, other papers have really hit the headlines, haven't they?

What's the history of the Christmas BMJ?

When did it start?

Is it