weehingthong

I saw some posts about a paper that claimed to have found the presence of viral or vaccine spike protein in the blood of patients with long COVID. I just wrote a critical review of this paper @PubPeer, but here is a thread as well. https://t.co/AESRUYUhPu
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— Elisabeth Bik (@MicrobiomDigest) December 23, 2023

2. The spike protein paper is one of 16 papers included in a Special Issue of ERMPS.
ALL 16 papers are authored by Matteo Bertelli, with co-authorships by the guest editors.
He just wrote the whole Special Issue.https://t.co/NnvbA39gPj

— Elisabeth Bik (@MicrobiomDigest) December 23, 2023

4. The paper has no details on how the mass spectrometry, which can distinguish between the viral and the vaccine versions of the COVID spike protein, was performed, and no actual data other than some vague tables.
With big claims, you need big evidence.
Not happening here. pic.twitter.com/trwLfEwheF

— Elisabeth Bik (@MicrobiomDigest) December 23, 2023

6. Recruitment and the actual number of patient data is very unclear. The article mentions different numbers of recruited patients. Was it 81, 70, or 95? Even the authors are not sure.
Plus, a serious error in Table I makes me question the ability of the authors to count. pic.twitter.com/oVDMDJALLY

— Elisabeth Bik (@MicrobiomDigest) December 23, 2023

I have provided a broader oversight of the problems in this Special Issue in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences on my blog:https://t.co/0jmwe2Vbre

— Elisabeth Bik (@MicrobiomDigest) December 23, 2023