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Chris Nowinski, Ph.D.

Nov 10 • 8 tweets • 10 min read

@Scienceofsport

Dear @Scienceofsport: Thanks for posting⬇️
Rudy was so much worse than @AndyBullatGNM reported. You're being misled (or misleading) so badly that @WorldRugby needs to call an EMERGENCY full-day #CTE conference & listen to the world's experts. A thread: world.rugby/the-game/playe…

@WorldRugby

I'm shocked @WorldRugby gave (& continues to give) their platform to a neuropath to claim in the video below that @annmckeemd is mistaking Alzheimer's for #CTE. That's not even sophisticated gaslighting - it'd be laughable it wasn't so unbelievably sad (for Rudy & @WorldRugby)

@nytimes

Dr. McKee was 1st an expert in AD before she was the lead author of the NINDS consensus diagnostic criteria for CTE. The @nytimes article was based on a peer-reviewed publication in the prestigious @JAMA_current.
You're letting this guy try to undercut her credibility like that?

@WorldRugby

It's obvious the message you guys at @WorldRugby are going for here is that if Dr. McKee is wrong, all #CTE research is wrong. The problem you now have is that these claims are so obviously stupid & refutable that we all have to wonder what you are up to.

What do we have, 10 million people playing rugby worldwide? And now their governing body appears to be engaging in a global misinformation campaign? Why? It's one thing to debate the science, but this is not that. I'd find it hard to believe you didn't know what he'd say.

@WorldRugby

@WorldRugby @dominicrumbles @Scienceofsport please let me know what you plan to do. Platforming & distributing (and thus endorsing) obvious falsehoods about #CTE while recruiting children to play is simply unforgivable. I look forward to hearing how you plan to rectify it.

@annmckeemd

Inviting actual #CTE experts @annmckeemd @WillStewNeuro @drmbuckland @grinberg_t @GGKovacsBrain @JohnCraryMDPHD to help you get your facts straight is a start, but it's not enough. Asking @NINDSnews & @CDCgov why they concluded, in effect, that rugby causes CTE, would be smart.

@Tommo33s

Curious what these folks think about what is going on here: @Tommo33s @ProgressiveRug @el_belson @NYTSports @proshenks @adamjohnwhite @TimFleiszer @PlantedSam @DailyMailUK @guardian @alanpearcephd @HWalker_Brown @LisRyan_Nutri @AlixPopham

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7 votes block confirming @NIH rTBI/CTE causation statement. 6 voters are seriously conflicted as CMO's & or paid consultants to NHL, NCAA, MLS, AFL & World Rugby. All facing active/potential CTE lawsuits from former players. How's the CISG CTE vote considered anything but a joke?

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I have serious questions surrounding the medical care of Michigan State QB Brian Lewerke & his apparent concussion in the Illinois game last week. Based on the player’s self-report, I believe Lewerke should be diagnosed with a concussion. Thread 👇freep.com/story/sports/c…

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