Kevin McKernan on the fraudulent nature of peer review, and responses to the Corman-Drosten Review

The last time Kevin McKernan was on the show, he told us about the (devastating) review of the Corman-Drosten PCR methodology that he co-authored. In this episode, he talks about some of the fallout from the review, including a scathing, but imprecise, attack from PCR expert Dr. Stephen Bustin - why that attack is puzzling, and what it tells us about the state of peer review.

My previous episode with Kevin, talking about the Corman-Drosten Review, is here: https://bretigne.typepad.com/on_the_banks/2020/12/wtmwd-50-kevin-.html

The Corman-Drosten Review Report (with comments) is here: https://cormandrostenreview.com/
and the addendum is here: https://cormandrostenreview.com/addendum/

"Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR", by Corman, Drosten, et al, is here: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.3.2000045

The interview with Stephen Bustin, on Planetwaves, is here: http://chironreturn.org/audio/210201-steve-bustin.mp3

Information on the Michelle Cedillo case can be found here: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-federal-circuit/1536580.html
and the court transcript is here: https://www.cofc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions/Cedillo_Opinion_Order_0.pdf

I spoke with Kevin last April about problems with the peer review process, and "revolutionizing peer review with blockchain", here: https://bretigne.typepad.com/on_the_banks/2020/04/wtmwd-episode-6-kevin-mckernan-on-revolutionizing-peer-review-with-blockchain-.html

...and about some of the problems with PCR testing, here: https://bretigne.typepad.com/on_the_banks/2020/10/wtmwd-40-.html

You can find Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kevin_McKernan