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https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/sports/cte-bennet-omalu/
“Across the brain science community there is wide consensus on one thing: Omalu, the man considered by many the public face of CTE research, routinely exaggerates his accomplishments and dramatically overstates the known risks of CTE and contact sports, fuelling misconceptions about the disease”
“Omalu has often used the phrase tested positive for CTE implying the diagnostic process is black and white, akin to a pregnancy test. In reality, diagnosing CTE is far more complicated, more like looking out into a starry night and spotting a constellation.”
“It (Mike Webster autopsy) was as if Omalu claimed to have discovered a rare species of bird and then as proof published a paper that included only a few close-up images of the beak”
Omalu picked the wrong images because he “wasn’t any kind of expert” - Peter Davies Neuropathologist and previous Omalu co worker.
“Across the brain science community there is wide consensus on one thing: Omalu, the man considered by many the public face of CTE research, routinely exaggerates his accomplishments and dramatically overstates the known risks of CTE and contact sports, fuelling misconceptions about the disease”
“Omalu has often used the phrase tested positive for CTE implying the diagnostic process is black and white, akin to a pregnancy test. In reality, diagnosing CTE is far more complicated, more like looking out into a starry night and spotting a constellation.”
“It (Mike Webster autopsy) was as if Omalu claimed to have discovered a rare species of bird and then as proof published a paper that included only a few close-up images of the beak”
Omalu picked the wrong images because he “wasn’t any kind of expert” - Peter Davies Neuropathologist and previous Omalu co worker.
