@RogueBioethics

A take no prisoners approach to bioethics consulting. Because taking prisoners would be unethical. Tweets by Kelly Hills (KH) & Nicholas Evans (NE).

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kent buse@kentbuse12 Sep 2021
‘How to handle a pandemic is not, and should not be, a matter that is up to individuals…Because when it comes down to it, these are not the sorts of individual ethical choices we should have to make.’ - ⁦@rocza⁩ of ⁦@RogueBioethics⁩ theguardian.com/us-news/2021…

Is it ethical to travel right now? Experts on flying in the age of Delta

Questions to consider before you inflict the ‘moral injury’ of a risky, non-essential trip

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We shouldn’t be only thinking of students and faculty when it comes to opening universities. Housekeepers, janitors, food service and tons of other staff are being put in an impossibly hard situation. newsobserver.com/news/local/…
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It’s really stunning that #ai systems are being deployed in clinical settings to flag #COVID19 cases for various kinds of treatment. How are these systems validated? What training sets do they use? Absolutely wild #researchEthics #medicalEthics #MedicalAI
Maarten van Smeden@MaartenvSmeden15 Jul 2020
Possibly one of the least talked about healthcare scandals of the COVID-19 panademic: not only are patients not informed about the AI systems impacting their care, these systems are often poorly developed & reported and hardly tested 👉 bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m132…

Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal

Objective To review and appraise the validity and usefulness of published and preprint reports of prediction models for prognosis of patients with covid-19, and for detecting people in the general...

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I’m not a clinician, but I wonder what other hypotheses could have been tested if we had not plowed tens of thousands of patients and dozens of studies into this one intervention. And when will there be enough evidence to revisit ongoing and planned trials of the same?
Eric Topol
@EricTopol22 May 2020
Just published @TheLancet The largest study of hydroxychloroquine shows a significant increase in death (~35%) and >2-fold increase of serious heart arrhythmias. ~96,000 patients, ~15,000 on HCQ or CQ from 671 hospitals, 6 continents. marlin-prod.literatumonline.…
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Ridiculous #FOIA denial by Univ of Nebraska Med Center. Material Transfer Agreements are legal terms associated with sharing materials, in this case the virus causing #COVID19. MTAs rarely contain any details of “unpublished research”. Of course an appeal is happening. #UNMC
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Katie Way@k80way27 Apr 2020
What happens when everybody who left their city for less populated areas decides they wanna come back? Two more weeks of quarantine (if we're being optimistic). Thanks to @rocza and @SaskiaPopescu for helping me think through returning to "normal"! vice.com/en_us/article/k7em4…

The People Who Fled Their Cities Now Want to Come Back

An untold number of people left cities to "escape" COVID-19. Now, many are antsy to return. VICE asked public health experts what should happen next.

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Scrambling to respond to the pandemic is one thing, scrambling to clean up the mess left by careless comments from our most senior leadership is quite another. Please listen to medical professions on this one.
Tatiana Prowell, MD@tmprowell24 Apr 2020
Please keep hand sanitizer & cleaning products out of reach of children, avoid combining cleaning products which can release dangerous gases, & never ingest or intentionally inhale disinfectants, which may be harmful or fatal. 🇺🇸Poison Control open 24/7: (800) 222-1222 #COVID19
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My observation after 2.5 weeks on the pandemic beat: There is something about the math in epidemiology that makes everyone who has a vaguely quant job think they can take a crack at it, in a way that just isn’t true for other policy-urgent disciplines, even climate science.
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THIS WEEK: We talk to @KindrachukJason and @rocza about Coronavirus: what the virus is, how it's spreading, and the complicated situational ethics of how we protect ourselves and those most at risk. ow.ly/yR2b50yShGH
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The coronavirus Diamond Prince quarantine was doomed. But so are most quarantines, writes @rocza. Medicine today isn't the same as medicine in the 14th century, and very few people are looking for 14th century treatments in the 21st century. nbcnews.com/think/opinion/co…
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This is based on data from over 40,000 patients. #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus causes mild #COVID19 disease in over 80% of patients. Mortality is low ~2%. This is welcome news in terms of the long-term impact of the virus.
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@WHO17 Feb 2020
Replying to @WHO @DrTedros
"Over 80% of patients have mild #COVID19 & will recover. In about 14% of cases, the virus causes severe disease, including pneumonia & shortness of breath. And about 5% of patients have critical disease incl. respiratory failure, septic shock & multi-organ failure"-@DrTedros
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Thanks to @DisarmamentIRL for its recent EUR 10,000 contribution to the Working Capital Fund in support of the #BiologicalWeaponsConvention. And thanks to those States Parties which have already contributed and those which have pledged to do so. #1972BWC
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The final report of the 2019 Meeting of States Parties to the #BiologicalWeaponsConvention is now available in all six official UN languages undocs.org/BWC/MSP/2019/7 #un #1972BWC
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Tom Joseph
@TomJChicago12 Jan 2020
This is a gigantic story & is grounds for Trump's immediate removal. However one may feel a/b Soleimani's killing, the fact that Esper has now confirmed Trump lied to the nation by fabricating embassy attacks, reconfirms he is the worst traitor the country has ever had
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@nytimes12 Jan 2020
Breaking News: Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he didn't see any specific evidence that Iran had planned to attack 4 American embassies, as President Trump had claimed was justification for the strike that sent the U.S. and Iran to the brink of war nyti.ms/35KMCpi

Esper Says He Saw No Evidence Iran Targeted 4 Embassies, as Story Shifts Again (Published 2020)

The disparity between the defense secretary and President Trump added another twist to an ever-evolving explanation for a strike on an Iranian general that led to the brink of war.

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Thank you to all of our January contributors, including theme issue editor @AbraarKaran, @hewlett_angela, @tobyschonfeld, @neva9257, @rocza (@RogueBioethics), @Channermdcm, @BhadeliaMD, @klgthomas, @AlphaSenkpeni1, and more!
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Professor @DanielleWenner's paper “Clinical Research as Basic Structure & the Ethics of Health Research Priority-Setting,” was awarded "Best Formal Paper by an Early Career Scholar" by the @APPEOnline Congratulations, Prof. Wenner! #proudturtle #CMUDietrich
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In her memory, the family has requested gifts be directed to the Jeanne E Guillemin Fund, recently set up by Jeanne for women scholars at MIT. cis.mit.edu/news-media/newse…
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The @1972BWC biological disarmament community has lost an intellectual and inspirational giant. RIP Jeanne Guillemin. You will be greatly missed.
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After all of our industry-driven research scandals, there is this: "The University of Minnesota also denied ProPublica’s records request, stating that the faculty reports were 'private personnel data.'" cc @LeighGTurner @JoanGabel nzzl.us/ZAcBQ0x
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Our #Bioterrorism team is honoured to deliver a statement at the #1972BWC Meeting of States Parties. #LawEnforcement plays a major role in prevention, preparedness and response to outbreaks.
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