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This is becoming a real problem 08:58 - May 22 with 662 views

It's getting more common (in the US especially) for "scientists" and "practitioners" to sue any scientists who question the validity of their studies. It usually happens in cases where someone is selling something which is clearly woo or harmful but this is a much more serious case around the hydroxychloroquine study:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/22/world-expert-in-scientific-misco

It's awful stuff and it needs to be sorted out. There shouldn't be any legal recourse to having your findings questioned under peer review, especially when done through a non-profit entity and the questioning scientist certainly shouldn't be open to abuse and threatening behaviour from the scientists being questioned.

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This is becoming a real problem on 09:11 - May 22 with 567 views

DanTheMan

Insane. Don't know how else to describe it.

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This is becoming a real problem on 09:18 - May 22 with 545 views

Mullet

The irony of "blackmail and extortion". I don't understand how the charlatans could win, as surely questioning anything isn't libel? Bringing suits like this should carry punitive penalties.

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This is becoming a real problem on 09:19 - May 22 with 539 views

BlueBadger

Scientists who object to legitimate questioning and testing of their work aren't scientists. They're frauds and charlatans.

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This is becoming a real problem on 09:22 - May 22 with 524 views

wkj

Peer reviews can often be ridiculously vicious and mentally devastating so I am not surprised some people fight back, though if Bik was doxxed then the mental process of the jaded party is hard to side with.

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This is becoming a real problem on 09:23 - May 22 with 506 views

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Money and reputation in a litigious society.

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This is becoming a real problem on 09:29 - May 22 with 479 views

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This is becoming a real problem on 09:18 - May 22 by Mullet
The irony of "blackmail and extortion". I don't understand how the charlatans could win, as surely questioning anything isn't libel? Bringing suits like this should carry punitive penalties.

It's essentially the same as hotels attempting to sue guests who leave poor reviews on TripAdvisor. They're going for the "deliberately damaging our sales" angle, not actually defending the quality of their product.

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