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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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