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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jun 2020

      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⚠️pic.twitter.com/h6pFHRATD4

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jun 2020

      Now, that may seem like a small point - every hospital system looks at data all the time, so why does it matter? Thing is, this is a HUGE issue that @TheLancet and @NEJM have yet to explain

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jun 2020

      The absolute minimum of any research project is ethics approval FOR A REASON Without any independent oversight, we get things like the Tuskegee experiment https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm …

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jun 2020

      It is a pretty enormous breach of ethical oversight that any study purporting to not need ethics was ever published (even if they are now retracted)

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jun 2020

      Yes, there is some research that is deemed exempt from ethics approval, but this is usually governed by large independent committees from the places in question For example, some Scandinavian countries waive ethics for deidentified registry data, but through a government program

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jun 2020

      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

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 21 Jun 2020

      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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        2. IrmaGherd (Retired Nurse Thug) ✳ 💉 💉‏ @maureenchuck1 21 Jun 2020
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          Some research can be deemed to not need Ethics Committee approval but as you point out that decision is not up to the researchers or sponsors. It is up to the Ethics Committee do decide whether a full approval process is required.

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        3. IrmaGherd (Retired Nurse Thug) ✳ 💉 💉‏ @maureenchuck1 21 Jun 2020
          Replying to @maureenchuck1 @GidMK

          Any externally funded study would defintely warrant a full review by an Ethics Committee. For example how do we know if this research wasn't funded by a pharmaceutical company that manufactures vitamins?

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