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Post by daves on Aug 30, 2024 11:27:53 GMT
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Post by spinno on Aug 30, 2024 12:04:38 GMT
Maybe...Ollie Stone  |
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Post by MJB on Aug 31, 2024 8:57:22 GMT
The BBC facing legal action over presenting poor science as hard facts on primetime TV based solely on a celebrity endorsement.
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Post by daves on Aug 31, 2024 9:14:41 GMT
The BBC facing legal action over presenting poor science as hard facts on primetime TV based solely on a celebrity endorsement. Something to do with Dr May's prog on the badger cull? |
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Post by MJB on Aug 31, 2024 10:07:06 GMT
The BBC facing legal action over presenting poor science as hard facts on primetime TV based solely on a celebrity endorsement. Something to do with Dr May's prog on the badger cull? Yes. |
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Post by geoffr on Aug 31, 2024 10:36:57 GMT
Something to do with Dr May's prog on the badger cull? Yes. Do you have a link? |
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Post by MJB on Aug 31, 2024 11:04:55 GMT
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Post by geoffr on Aug 31, 2024 11:26:13 GMT
Thanks Martin, interesting that the BBC should air a documentary by someone who admits to a bias against Badger culling. How a scientist can perform valid research when he has an entrenched position is unclear to me. Surely a researcher msut be open to all possible outcomes and not discard anything that disagrees with his/her chosen position. In other words, said researcher must be open to the possibility that they may be wrong. |
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Post by spinno on Aug 31, 2024 11:52:45 GMT
Thanks Martin, interesting that the BBC should air a documentary by someone who admits to a bias against Badger culling. How a scientist can perform valid research when he has an entrenched position is unclear to me. Surely a researcher msut be open to all possible outcomes and not discard anything that disagrees with his/her chosen position. In other words, said researcher must be open to the possibility that they may be wrong. That's the difference between a researcher and a consultant... |
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Post by andy on Aug 31, 2024 20:10:23 GMT
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Post by steveandthedogs on Sept 1, 2024 8:16:10 GMT
Went to step-daughter's to move some cattle [in readiness for TB test - oh goody] and came back with two young, very feral black kittens.
I'm a pillock.
What am I?
S
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Post by spinno on Sept 1, 2024 8:25:46 GMT
Went to step-daughter's to move some cattle [in readiness for TB test - oh goody] and came back with two young, very feral black kittens. I'm a pillock. What am I? S A wonderful human being. Next question... |
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Post by mick on Sept 1, 2024 9:20:07 GMT
Something to do with Dr May's prog on the badger cull? Yes. I seem to remember questioning the wisdom of having an astrophysical guitarist make a programme about badgers and TB. Maybe it was even in this thread.
Mick
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Post by gray1720 on Sept 1, 2024 10:45:18 GMT
Are they really still using the skin test for reactors? James Herriott was using that in the 1930s!
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Post by MJB on Sept 1, 2024 11:03:17 GMT
Are they really still using the skin test for reactors? James Herriott was using that in the 1930s! Contrary to Mr. May's opinion it's still the best method for general testing. There is a blood test, but it's only used in extreme cases as whilst there are no false negatives there are a collosal amount of false positives resulting in unnecessary culling. Also if you've been under a 'severe' testing regimen for a number of years all your animals will display btb antibodies. Preempting other questions there is currently no effective vaccine available for cattle although some are being trialled. Similarly there are trials of a vaccine for badgers. We're part of one of those. Using proper peer reviewed science it's been found that where the badger cull has been allowed to be performed unhindered it has proven effective in controlling the incidence of btb. Hopefully this means that if the badger vaccine proves successful it could be a game changer that both farmers and badger huggers can embrace. Let's be clear that the badger cull will not eradicate badgers from the British countryside. There is no shortage of the things and maybe cutting their numbers will help protect hedgehogs and ground nesting birds. |
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