观点公共卫生

The blurred line between free speech and medical misinformation

Transparency is key if public fears about vaccines are to be allayed

The writer is a science commentator

It started off promisingly enough. Dr Aseem Malhotra, a charismatic British cardiologist invited to address the Reform UK party conference at the weekend, spoke persuasively of how the medical world is rife with conflicts of interest and biases among researchers, journals and regulators.

He favoured evidence-based medicine but, he railed, Big Pharma’s need to maximise shareholder returns burdens society with treatments of questionable efficacy. Lifestyle factors such as poor diet, meanwhile, have stoked a healthcare crisis but, again, powerful vested interests, including Big Food, stymie action.

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