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Comments and reviews on our rugby injury research

Reviewers’ comments on Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;51(15):1113-7.

Review one – Reviewers one, two, and three plus response 28 Oct 2016

Review two – Reviewer one plus response 22 Dec 2016

Review two – Reviewer two plus response 22 Dec 2016

Review three – Reviewer one plus response 21 Mar 2017

Review three – Reviewer two plus response 08 Mar 2017

Comment from Dr Alan Carson on Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby. BMJ Opinion 2017.

Dr Alan Carson. Comments: Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby

Response to Alan Carson by Pollock and Kirkwood

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This is a very interesting and important judgement. Could a similar case could ever be brought in the U.K? It might be the only way of flushing out bad science, politics and lack of evidence base underpinning masks and mass testing. http://enformtk.u-aizu.ac.jp/howard/weimar_court_ruling/

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