It was a thread about bias in research and the issues with population prevalence estimates. I think it is perfectly clear what was meant, although I'm not really surprised any more at academic incivility on Twitter/elsewhere
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Replying to @BallouxFrancois @DrZoeHyde
So, just to clarify, your response to the possibility of a claim was to RT an anonymous twitter account with a single paragraph of a scientific paper without a link/context, with a strawman of the true argument?
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Replying to @GidMK @DrZoeHyde
@skepticalzebra may be anonymous on twitter, which I have a lot of understanding for. Though, she is a clinician, with a grounding in bioethics and has shown far more understanding, common sense and empathy than most, including during this grotesque episode.1 reply 0 retweets 20 likes -
That doesn't really answer my question. I, too understand twitter anonymity, but it was certainly not the main point. Also, calling it a "grotesque episode" seems odd given that the issue comes from a misrepresentation you made of someone else's words
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Why is it grotesque to suggest that, under appropriate ethics provisions, it might reduce bias in research studies if they were to include anal swabbing as well as the battery of tests already approved?
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I would argue that it is ethically more questionable to continue subjecting children to unnecessary and invasive blood draws without excluding this as a source of bias
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Moreover, you've spent quite some time calling for more civil discourse over the last year, which brings me back to my original question - is this episode representative of academic civility?
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I'm confused - are you saying that given the general tribalism it's now perfectly acceptable academic conduct to tweet out a misrepresentation to 85k followers without attempting to clarify with the author first? Or am I misunderstanding?
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