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🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️
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Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal
In 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these principl...
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February 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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How liberty dies. An incredibly powerful analysis of what’s happening in 🇺🇸 by @chrischirp.bsky.social
Truly terrifying but where is the opposition?
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"So this is how liberty dies… " Making sense of Trump's first three weeks
Where I categorise 69 Trump administration actions from the last 3 weeks and show how they align with the authoritarian playbook
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February 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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I've started compiling a starter pack of researchers and advocates working in public health and health promotion. Its not complete and I can add to it, so would love if you could pop any recommendations for anyone else below!

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November 7, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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Excellent article by @GabrielScally in @bmj_latest examining the failures in Public Health in the run up to and during the pandemic, in light of the Inquiry Module 1 report.

www.bmj.com/content/386/...
Covid inquiry: the flaws that led to system failure
Without radical reform we are vulnerable to the next pandemic The first report from the UK’s covid-19 inquiry, chaired by Heather Hallett, delivered a scathing critique of the country’s system of pla...
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August 30, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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As we await the report of the Grenfell Inquiry, maybe time to recall what I said at the time

www.bmj.com/content/357/...
August 31, 2024 at 9:42 AM
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A huge thank you to all our new followers. 🙏

We’d love to get to a big round 10k this weekend. You could help us get our progressive voice out to a few more by reposting this telling your followers why they should follow us.
August 30, 2024 at 1:34 PM