Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus

Re:Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel co... by simongray on Monday January 27, 2020 @03:20AM (#22157687)

> and that's why the West is decaying. Who cares about your morals when there's an epidemic ?

This kind of bait is not needed on Hacker News. Keep that on reddit or facebook or whatever.

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Re:Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel co... by spats1990 on Monday January 27, 2020 @04:19AM (#22157924)

In fairness, the GP is bait too. It's just more thoughtful bait with paragraph breaks. It's basically elegant finger wagging.

Decay of the west bit aside, the parent has a point. Do you freak patients out by getting them to sign things when they are already in quarantine and fearing for their lives? Or do you prioritise research and response?

related: "Conducting Research in Disease Outbreaks" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2669128/

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Re:Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel co... by DanBC on Monday January 27, 2020 @05:00AM (#22158087)

But even that document talks about the need to get consent from patients if you're going to use them in medical research.

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