Plagiarism in that terrible BMJ Public Health article by Mostert et al

Much has already been written in blogs, newspapers and on X about the article “Excess mortality across countries in the Western World since the COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Our World in Data’ estimates from January 2020 to December 2022” that appeared in BMJ Public Health on 3 June. One aspect has been somewhat underexposed, namely that what is supposed to pass for ‘original research’ is for quite a bit rather silly plagiarism.

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R.I.P. Janet Ossebaard

Dutch crop circle expert Janet Ossebaard suddenly became internationally famous in 2020 with her conspiracy documentary Fall of the Cabal. Shortly afterward, she more or less disappeared from view herself, continuing to work on a sequel with her partner Cyntha Koeter at various locations in Europe.On 22 December 2023, news broke that Ossebaard’s body had […]

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