Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.social
Oct 11, 2026, 5:11 PMThis is despicable and I'm burning University of Southern Denmark into my memory on this forever.
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- Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:22 PM
Uproar HAS been effective at drawing scrutiny to this before. People do not want this and are not ok with this
See old article here, they've restarted this:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/hepatitis-b-vaccines-study-africa-cancel 
CarolynCStamp@mastodon.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:15 PM@grimalkina So many crimes against humanity being committed by this admin.
- Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:19 PM
@CStamp it's horrific. They are monsters but it's also very devastating to me how many institutions won't stand up to it
Oct 11, 2026, 5:28 PM@grimalkina @CStamp I'm genuinely confused. University ethics boards exist explicitly to stop this kind of research. Like this is a textbook example of problematic research. This isn't a borderline case. This is literally the study design they put on the research design ethics exam to see if you paid attention. I can't understand the possible rationale they could have had to allow this?
- Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:58 PM
Oct 11, 2026, 5:17 PM@grimalkina sounds like the tuskeegee syphilis study all over again
- Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:18 PM
@Ribby RFK Jr is a monster
LaustLaust@ohai.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:22 PM@grimalkina four members of the ethics committee resigned in protest. Wow.
- Cat Hicksgrimalkina@mastodon.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:23 PM
@Laust what on earth is happening at this institution that they would move forward like this
- LaustLaust@ohai.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:40 PM
@grimalkina I don't know, but it kind of smells like racism:
"Yet “I don’t see why you couldn’t do it in Denmark,” Støvring said of the trial. In fact, several conditions make it a better location. The hepatitis B vaccine is not usually given to newborns in Denmark unless the mother is positive for the virus, for which all pregnant people are tested in Denmark." - Robin Adamsrobinadams@mathstodon.xyzOct 11, 2026, 5:44 PM
@grimalkina @Laust It gets weirder. From the article, "The Danish research ethics committee at the University of Southern Denmark had never considered medical studies before, but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one."
Tells me it's really really important to somebody high up in the university that this specific "study" happens.
The whole thing smells of corruption.