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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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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 23

    Health Nerd Retweeted Alasdair Munro

    As an interesting note on this, the last time I contacted an author/editor to point out a study had mathematical errors, I was dismissed by the editor and insulted by the authorhttps://twitter.com/apsmunro/status/1364220390159970304 …

    Health Nerd added,

    Alasdair MunroVerified account @apsmunro
    Some people seem confused about scientific conduct: -Contacting an author/publisher privately to express concerns: Professional -Seeking formal channels through institutions to express concerns: Professional -Using SoMe to publicly air grievances against named individuals: ❌
    12:15 PM - 23 Feb 2021
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    • KiaKielo Francis Haddock John rob freeland Fatima Tokhmafshan (she/elle) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 Ddub 💙 🌱VAX, MASK, & PURIFY AIR Dr Ying Morgan⌛Time for⚡Australia ORI &⚡FICAC Filialleiter
    10 replies 18 retweets 167 likes
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 23

        Conversely, I've had some really excellent discussions on Twitter about research, people are often happy to engage. Is this unprofessional?

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 23

        Another important point to think about @apsmunro is that formal channels to critique research take at least months, and can easily stretch to years. The challenge with the status quo is that it often results in no action even for obvious mistakes

        4 replies 0 retweets 41 likes
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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 23

        If you don't believe me, check out @MicrobiomDigest and her feed. Hundreds/thousands of papers with everything from mistakes to fraud, but rarely is any action taken

        3 replies 0 retweets 48 likes
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      2. Boris Barbour‏ @BorisBarbour Feb 23
        Replying to @GidMK

        They still exist? In a pandemic?

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Feb 23
        Replying to @BorisBarbour

        Definitely

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      1. Dr Carissa Bonner‏ @carissa_bon Feb 23
        Replying to @GidMK

        If the "professional" channels weren't so painfully slow during a rapidly changing pandemic that would help their cause too - I've had critical responses held for 6 mths by prominent journals!

        0 replies 2 retweets 26 likes
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      2. Matt Tenan, PhD ATC‏ @TenanATC Feb 23
        Replying to @GidMK

        My experience is that "standard letter to the editor" channel to express concerns about a paper is fine for an opinion difference or countering with evidence from literature. This gets conflated with actual ERRORS in math/images/analysis, that simply require a damn retraction.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Matt Tenan, PhD ATC‏ @TenanATC Feb 23
        Replying to @TenanATC @GidMK

        Sure, contacting the authors or editors is fine to try and engage that RETRACTION channel, but if they refuse to acknowledge a true error, it would be a unethical to not raise the issues to a wider audience that those errors impact.

        0 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
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      1. Michael Oberst‏ @miob1781 Feb 23
        Replying to @GidMK

        I'm curious: Was that the "School closures cost decades of life"-study?

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      2. Michael Oberst‏ @miob1781 Feb 23
        Replying to @GidMK

        Michael Oberst Retweeted Dr Zoë Hyde

        This is what Munro is talking about.https://twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/status/1364184623262048259?s=20 …

        Michael Oberst added,

        Dr Zoë Hyde @DrZoeHyde
        I don't like to dwell on negatives, but something important happened recently that I'd like to make public. Shortly before Christmas, @mugecevik made a complaint to my university about me. When asked for details, she didn't provide any. My employer took a dim view of the matter.
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      3. Tom Andrews 💙‏ @0bj3ctivity Feb 23
        Replying to @miob1781 @GidMK

        Tom Andrews 💙 Retweeted Tom Andrews 💙

        It's important not to just get one side of the story thoughhttps://twitter.com/WeVotedToLeave/status/1364344177039925257?s=19 …

        Tom Andrews 💙 added,

        Tom Andrews 💙 @0bj3ctivity
        Replying to @SchulenSchnell @apsmunro @petesivey
        I dont agree, I don't think Zoe would have spoken out in this way if she was the first person to feel unreasonable tactics were employed by some scientists to advance opinions unsupported by data. I shall say no more.
        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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