I think you’re misunderstanding my point. I never said “they should have disclosed a conflict they did not disclose.” Disclosures are absent from this initiat

I think you’re misunderstanding my point. I never said “they should have disclosed a conflict they did not disclose.” Disclosures are absent from this initiative, some signatories have self-identified their affiliation by their own volition and even for those it is not in the context of a conflict disclosure. There is no “signatories have no relevant disclosures” statement for those who did not for the omission to be malfeasance and pointing out the absence of a disclosure statement is not accusatory of the individuals, rather that the initiative is not transparent about potential conflicts. Once again, it is standard practice in academia to make a disclosure statement if lecturing or publishing. While it is not mandatory for initiatives calling for regulation it would be nice to have.