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The mental gymnastics of this comment. > bound by boards and ethics committees Is there any evidence an ethics committee was party to this? If in fact, one wa
by dfee 4y ago
The mental gymnastics of this comment.
> bound by boards and ethics committees
Is there any evidence an ethics committee was party to this? If in fact, one was, they found it ethical to consume personally identifiable data without those persons’ authorization?
- renewiltord 4y agoI don't think ethics committees are worth the chairs they sit on, but "personally identifiable data"? How did you conclude that it was personally identifiable?
- cinntaile 4y agohttps://www.cdc.gov/os/integrity/hrpo/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/os/integrity/hrpo/index.htm I assume this classifies as research so it should be subject to the same ethical requirements.
- junofan 4y agoGoing off “CDC’s Policy on Distinguishing Public Health Research and Public Health Nonresearch” linked from that page, I would guess this activity they’d call “nonresearch.”
- cinntaile 4y agoI read the guidelines for compliance and my interpretation is that it fulfills the requirements for research while it does not fulfill the requirements for nonresearch. The scope of this reaches all of society instead of the study participants.