Scientists and journalists of science taking each other apart in public circa 18 months after something started isn't remarkable. It's actually what should happ

Scientists and journalists of science taking each other apart in public circa 18 months after something started isn't remarkable. It's actually what should happen. The author can pick apart declaration of interests in The Lancet's op-eds for conflict of interest because in scientific publications the declaration is made. By contrast this article on 'unherd.com' does not have a conflict of interests statement. I don't know the author of the article, and am not told who reviewed it / or by what process. We're not told how the work was funded; at least they don't mention being bank rolled by a single hedge fund millionaire [1]. I'm sure one could write some similar article hinging on that fact and some suggestive eyebrow movements. There's a lot of sanctimonious crap out there on the internet about the 'sociology' of science which somehow lacks any form of reflexivity. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnHerd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnHerd