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Did I miss something in this article? It says that David Neeleman of Jetblue donated $5,000. I don't know how big Ioannidis' research budget is but this is pean

• cma 6y ago
  "Ioannidis added that he did not know how much the study cost, but the funding came from an anonymized pool of financial gifts given to Stanford’s Office of Development: “This form of funding is the most unconflicted type of funding process to do research. It secures perfect intellectual and scientific independence of the study.” Anonymizes pool of financial gifts but he was in contact with the guy? Is that a joke? And then suggesting funding a lab if the kit is validated: > “David, I think you should write Taia a note and tell her you’ll support her lab if she validates this kit.” Bendavid confirmed that he put Neeleman and Wang in touch.
  • rumanator 6y ago
    > Anonymizes pool of financial gifts but he was in contact with the guy? Is that a joke? More than a joke, it sounds like Ioannidis was out right lying. From the article: > But according to Neeleman, the authors did know he’d given money to fund the study. Neeleman confirmed that he made a $5,000 donation to Stanford to be given to these researchers and that he was in communication with them while they were conducting their research.