Andy
Senior Member (Voting rights)
http://www.virology.ws/2019/01/31/trial-by-error-some-thoughts-about-an-upcoming-article/A major news organization is preparing to publish what seems to be a piece about me and my work. The piece also seems to be focusing on the narrative that dangerous and irrational patients are running rampant and threatening eminent scientists. The journalist—one of the many BFFs of the Science Media Centre among the UK press corps—could suggest that my work is somehow enabling horrible behavior.
I also presume the article will focus not on the substance of my criticisms but on some of my strategies–like tearing up published papers in public presentations, sending multiple e-mails to researchers in my efforts to seek comment, or disseminating my concerns widely to public health officials, journal editors and others. I expect that it will convey claims from some of these researchers that these strategies are tantamount to harassment.