The medical statistician Gerd Antes is one of the pioneers in evidence-based medicine. Now he has taken part in #allesaufdentisch, a video campaign that disseminates lateral thinker theses. How could it come to this?
Interview by
Christina Berndt and Felix Hütten
For decades, Gerd Antes has fought to ensure that medical treatment methods are scientifically tested and patients are protected from ineffective therapies. He is thus considered a pioneer of evidence-based medicine (EbM) in Germany. In the pandemic, Antes has repeatedly expressed himself critical of measures because there is a lack of usefulness for their evidential value, and has called for better studies. At the same time, however, he took part in initiatives and supported actions that were not so strict about the facts, most recently the video action #allesaufdentisch. Of all things.