After the whole Surgisphere debacle, I think there's one thing that has been ignored/forgotten a bit
Both of these studies were published
without ethics approval
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And the issues don't stop at published research. There are half a dozen preprints out there that claim that the researchers didn't have any ethical oversight during the process ~and didn't ask for it~ That is a HUGE RED FLAG
Bottom line - researchers should not be the ones who decide whether their own actions are ethical That articles are being published saying that the researchers don't think they needed ethics is a massive problem
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