After the dispute between the “image”newspaper and the Top virologist Christian Drosten smolders still, there is now a new Row created. His virologist colleague, Alexander Kekulé published a guest post in the daily mirror that didn’t like Drosten apparently don’t. Now Kekulé acknowledged a misunderstanding and quipped then again against his colleagues.
According to Alexander Kekulés claim in the "Tagesspiegel", Virologist Christian Drosten should draw on the results of his children-Corona study, it revised this statement now in conversation with the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung". For one thing, he was right that he would have demanded at any time, but that it is a mistake on the part of the "Tagesspiegel" would have given. His core statement was: “If he’d drawn back, then he would have the 'Bild'-Newspaper not given this wide page."
Kekulé sets: Drosten didn’t need to mention that the results are final
Kekulé it is not a question to discredit Drostens work, but rather the media and political dealing with it. So it is perfectly normal in the scientific process, and that preliminary studies, as well as the children study Drostens, only from the first results, and then discussed among experts and developed would. Since in the Corona-times laid, however, a lot of people to be involved as quickly as possible, to be published such studies is now before the corrections and immediately used.
Kekulés opinion, the results Drostens had been exploited, not only in Germany but also internationally, and would have an enormous political impact. Drosten as a consultant to the policy should not only expect, but also should respond by, for example, added a statement that the result is still not final, but still a work in progress. The virologist also does not remain in its assessment that he could take the results to come which Drosten, one-to-one sign. He tried many times to reach his colleagues on the phone, but an appointment was cancelled in advance of Drostens page. You wrote but "always cheerful e-mails and her".
Virologist Kekulé reiterated criticism in the "Deutschlandfunk"
On Friday Kekulé had reiterated his criticism of Drostens children’s study. The "Deutschlandfunk" he said he was quite sure that the Berlin’s Top virologist, and will drag his study “back and re-write”. The core question of whether children are just as contagious as adults had not yet decided, it is also the result of Drostens study will not change anything.
The data and the analysis would be too weak. "When I got the study for the first Time on the table, on 30. April, it was immediately clear that, on the evaluation side, a few question marks sind" there;, so Kekulé. Since the study Drosten defended again and again, he reported with a bit delay word. "The study is not to save, as you dasteht", Kekulé explains.
Kekulé criticized Drosten-study: a Scientific basis is missing
Kekulés public criticism of the Drosten-study viral load in children began in a guest contribution made by the virologist on the last Wednesday of the "Tagesspiegel" published. Kekulé criticizes the controversial investigation, which is also behind the dispute between Drosten and the "Bild" is. His displeasure with the guest post Drosten made on Thursday morning via Twitter kund.
“Kekulé makes mood. His presentation is biased. He doesn’t know our data, and cited incorrectly. Kekulé himself, one could criticize, he should publish something.”
Christian Drosten
- Reading tip: for More on the Background of the dispute between Drosten and the "Bild"-Newspaper you can read here.
In his guest article, Kekulé had called the statistician’s Hero, the have pointed out several methodological errors in the study. The amounts of sample on which the study is based, are not comparable, so Kekulé. The quantity purchased is different too often, in addition, samples were taken at different stages of the disease. In addition, the sample was very small: So Kekulé criticised the fact that only 49 of the Under-11-Year-old were tested for the study, but quite relevant.
