Nobody: what do you think, Greg? Me: Scientific Conflicts of Interest are a Real Thing (medical even more so); manipulating what counts as a COI to score points on your opponent is also a Real Thing, and I *think* that was Angie's larger (inartfully put) point 🧵
.@angie_rasmussen clearly believes that @Ayjchan uses that tactic, especially but not exclusively on Twitter. I tend to agree, though more narrowly. AR uses her twitter thread to apply what she sees as the AC COI standards to ACs own work, and finds them wanting 2/
I don't *think* that Angie's point is to accuse Alina Chan of dripping with undisclosued COIs. I don't think she is. It would have been proper for Chan to acknowledge waiver of publication charges from MBE, and all input drafting her papers, but not doing so is not a felony 3/
Angie points out that Alina didn't include any acknowledgements in her preprint. That's true. But I also think Alina didn't *get* much useful input from others on the preprint, so maybe there wasn't much to acknowledge. 4/ x.com/angie_rasmusse…
Angie points out that Alina didn't include any acknowledgements in her preprint. That's true. But I also think Alina didn't *get* much useful input from others on the preprint, so maybe there wasn't much to acknowledge. 4/ x.com/angie_rasmusse…
And I mean that. In full disclosure myself, after I read the preprint I sent @Ayjchan an email with some suggestions focused on the writing and narrative. COIs are real, but unfounded accusations of COIs are often used as a cudgel, and that is, I think, Angie's point. 5/
This aspect of the conversation is a tiresome distration, and it's meant to be. I can't help but be reminded that the insufferably self-righteous Vinay Prasad discloses the fact of his Substack, podcast, and Patreon revenue on his "research" papers. 6/
Context: when the unredacted "Fauci emails" came out, they were a big dud for the LLH. The scientists talked about science, considered a lab origin seriously, Fauci treated it as a potential national security issue, the PO authors eventually worked on a manuscript, 7/