Comment by: Dr Rosemary Redfield, University of British Columbia
Title: This is not science.
Comment:
This paper in no way qualifies as science. It doesn’t even qualify even as a case report, because the authors have no personal experience of this case. They basically say that, if their assumption that the woman had influenza is correct, then their conclusion that she was cured is justified.
The citations are also disgraceful. The authors cite only the bible, a web page about temperature measurements, and themselves (seven times!).
If BioMed Central hopes to build a reputation as a home for serious science then they need to first withdraw this paper and then have some serious discussions with this journal’s editor.
Competing interests:
None.

“One of the blogs that brought the paper to notice was This Scientific Life, by Bob O’Hara.”
“Blag Hag: A large list of awesome female atheists
-5:24am 3 Jan 2010 … Bob O’Hara said… Grrlscientist is also an atheist and blogger. I think she’s awesome. But then I did marry her, so I might be biased.”

” Kam L.E. Hon from the Department of Paediatrics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was astonished” the article had produced such a negative response since it was only intended for thought provocation.”
“He said he would never to write this kind of article again.”

THAT smacks of cyberbullying.
In Scientific circles that is unlawful.
Imho.