Dr. Meryl Nass
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Now, if I could figure that out in five minutes, why couldn't the Lancet editors, you know, why couldn't the peer reviewers, you know, no one had ever heard of such a database before. And it turned out it was a company with five employees. So. You know, it was ridiculous.
Now, if I could figure that out in five minutes, why couldn't the Lancet editors, you know, why couldn't the peer reviewers, you know, no one had ever heard of such a database before. And it turned out it was a company with five employees. So. You know, it was ridiculous.
Right. And The Lancet has had a series of articles that are questionable. They eventually did admit that this one was fabricated. The editor-in-chief, Richard Wharton, admitted that. But the journals have refused to publish other good papers or retracted papers that got published when they were politically incorrect.
Right. And The Lancet has had a series of articles that are questionable. They eventually did admit that this one was fabricated. The editor-in-chief, Richard Wharton, admitted that. But the journals have refused to publish other good papers or retracted papers that got published when they were politically incorrect.
And the specialty boards, as you know, went after and took away the board certification of Dr. Merrick and Dr. Corey. And when I looked up the board, I looked myself up when that happened to them and found that mine had been removed. I no longer had a board. And they hadn't even contacted me.
And the specialty boards, as you know, went after and took away the board certification of Dr. Merrick and Dr. Corey. And when I looked up the board, I looked myself up when that happened to them and found that mine had been removed. I no longer had a board. And they hadn't even contacted me.
It is interesting. Well, you know, when you look into the board, you see the fellow who was the head has just recently retired a few months ago. What was his name? Richard Barron. And he was also the head of the foundation for the American Board of Internal Medicine. And he was earning over a million dollars a year with that gig. Right.
It is interesting. Well, you know, when you look into the board, you see the fellow who was the head has just recently retired a few months ago. What was his name? Richard Barron. And he was also the head of the foundation for the American Board of Internal Medicine. And he was earning over a million dollars a year with that gig. Right.
He had published a paper and talked on a New England Journal podcast about how difficult, you know, they asked him, well, how do you figure out what's misinformation and what isn't misinformation? And he dodged. He said, well, if a doctor tells somebody to go get treated with magnets for cancer, well, that's misinformation. But he wouldn't draw a line or give a definition. No.
He had published a paper and talked on a New England Journal podcast about how difficult, you know, they asked him, well, how do you figure out what's misinformation and what isn't misinformation? And he dodged. He said, well, if a doctor tells somebody to go get treated with magnets for cancer, well, that's misinformation. But he wouldn't draw a line or give a definition. No.
Which is what every, in my case, when I took, you know, when I went before the medical board in Maine, they would not say what I had either, what specific thing I said that was misinformation, nor would they define what misinformation was. So the board, the board of internal medicine knew they were skating on thin ice, but decided to...
Which is what every, in my case, when I took, you know, when I went before the medical board in Maine, they would not say what I had either, what specific thing I said that was misinformation, nor would they define what misinformation was. So the board, the board of internal medicine knew they were skating on thin ice, but decided to...
You know, cross a line and take away people's board certifications, you know, on the basis of this misinformation thing, which they didn't define. And I would say that they were just like the case of Brianne. They breached a contract. We had an implied contract with them, right? We did our residency. We took our test. We paid our dues. And that was the deal.
You know, cross a line and take away people's board certifications, you know, on the basis of this misinformation thing, which they didn't define. And I would say that they were just like the case of Brianne. They breached a contract. We had an implied contract with them, right? We did our residency. We took our test. We paid our dues. And that was the deal.
They give us the board certification when we've gone through those hoops. And just to take it away like that, it's not written down anywhere how they can do that. You know, I mean, they're allowed to do it if you've done something terrible. But if they don't even specify what it is you've done, they can't do it. But they did it anyway.
They give us the board certification when we've gone through those hoops. And just to take it away like that, it's not written down anywhere how they can do that. You know, I mean, they're allowed to do it if you've done something terrible. But if they don't even specify what it is you've done, they can't do it. But they did it anyway.
So we've, you know, anyway, so there's a lot of illegal things that have gone on. And it seems that there was some kind of collusion because several boards were doing the same thing. The pediatrics board and the OBGYN board was doing the same thing. And many of the journals were doing the same thing. And somebody must have told them to do it, and presumably money changed hands.
So we've, you know, anyway, so there's a lot of illegal things that have gone on. And it seems that there was some kind of collusion because several boards were doing the same thing. The pediatrics board and the OBGYN board was doing the same thing. And many of the journals were doing the same thing. And somebody must have told them to do it, and presumably money changed hands.
Something changed hands. So I think a RICO case is very reasonable, and it's a way to get to the bottom of what exactly happened.
Something changed hands. So I think a RICO case is very reasonable, and it's a way to get to the bottom of what exactly happened.