“The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and science journals is sinister and ludicrous” www.bmj.com/content/388/... SINISTER AND LUDICROUS - ThreadSky

choo.bsky.social • 11 days ago

“The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and science journals is sinister and ludicrous” https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj.r253 SINISTER AND LUDICROUS

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anthonie1190.bsky.social•11 days ago

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choo.bsky.social•11 days ago

“Medically relevant terminology and inclusive language follow evidence based reporting standards or are matters of individual journal style and policy. They do not follow political orders. Similarly, co-authors cannot simply scrub themselves from articles.”

choo.bsky.social•11 days ago

“Authorship gives credit and accountability for the work, and an article’s list of authors does not ghost contributors…if somebody who merits inclusion in the authorship group of an article requests to be removed, even with the approval of the co-authors, this is a breach of publication ethics.”

choo.bsky.social•11 days ago

“Medical journals, including The BMJ, do not retract published articles on demand. We will not retract published articles on request by an author on the basis that they contain so-called banned words.”

choo.bsky.social•11 days ago

“Retraction occurs in circumstances where clear evidence exists of major errors, data fabrication, or falsification that compromise the reliability of the research findings. It is not a matter of author request.”

choo.bsky.social•11 days ago

“Publication ethics and professional standards define the work of medical journals, editors, and researchers. These are safeguards of best scientific practice and integrity—and will not yield to bad practice like gag orders, suppression, and authoritarian whims.” 🔥

choo.bsky.social•11 days ago

“It is absurd that the scientific record be treated with such disregard. It is egregious that a country’s public health agency, or any government authority, should demand the erasure of any terminology, particularly medically relevant terminology.”

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