There's other evidence of neurological symptoms as there has been since January, and this is real work. The bigger issue here is they put this behind a paywall. I think that's crap.
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Replying to @DanielleFong
The practice of press releasing early research in the midst of a public health crisis is an extremely worrying trend. It damages public trust in science at a time when that is dangerous. This study just shows that it can replicate inside cells in a lab, not inside patients.
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Replying to @Sorrelish
it is indeed evidence, and when this is added to the evidence of neurological symptoms it seems very important to release this information. there's no such thing as a scientists web for coronavirus really because it's happening too quickly. agree that there is manipulation.
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Replying to @DanielleFong
There are other ways to communicate with fellow scientists that aren’t a public facing news outlet. There are journals, bulletins, email lists. This was press released by a comms department.
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Replying to @DanielleFong
I have an MSc in science communication and I used to work in a comms department, I’m 98% sure that’s how it went down. It’s not as egregious as other examples of small/preprint/speculative studies hitting the headlines but it’s part of a concerning pattern.
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Replying to @Sorrelish
looks like real work but i'm super annoyed that it's hard to find the actual study. OTOH given the madness that is getting through to the government or anybody & the insanity that is people YOLOing through this pandemic I don't think they're wrong for attempting a press release
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Replying to @DanielleFong
That’s the point - there is no study for anyone to read yet. That’s what a preprint is. It’s still in peer review and hasn’t been published. Peer review could still find major flaws but it’s too late because the headline is already out there.
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Replying to @Sorrelish @DanielleFong
It may well be correct but that still doesn’t tell us anything useful - it hasn’t been proven in patients and they haven’t studied whether covid can pass the blood-brain barrier which is quite a major caveat. But it’s a scary headline that will get a bunch of coverage.
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Replying to @Sorrelish @DanielleFong
If it is correct it achieves very little, if it’s incorrect it could seriously harm public trust in the science and the research process. Given that people are very paranoid, you can’t afford to squander that trust. We need people to act based on science.
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i'm afraid the trust is being squandered by quite a lot but again i'm not sure this does that. also I'm not sure it's going to achieve very little if its correct! it depends on what the effect is, what if it causes people to work on a cure, or take this more seriously.
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