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As anyone who works on #COIs and #MotivatedBias can tell you, this arrangement is ethically unacceptable from an #OccupationalHealth perspective. HCPs paid directly by the league are in NO conceivable sense "independent."

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And giving team physicians the "ultimate say" is absolutely the last thing you would do if you truly understood COIs as exposures and #MotivatedBias as a population health harm. It is literally inconceivable that this arrangement continues apace.

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Remember a week or so back when I talked about the deep connections between the #railroadindustry and contemporary public health policy? This is one of them. The RR industry pioneered the model of having company physicians care for injured workers.

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@jesse_kroll @linseymarr @dylanhmorris @DrNeeltje As with anything, more knowledge is better. When we study #airborne contagions or #AirPollution many disciplines are required. Clinical, forensic, environmental, social, & occupational epidemiology all must be informed by all science. 1/
@jesse_kroll @linseymarr @dylanhmorris @DrNeeltje The preference of 1 observational association vs a 2nd (but 'newer') observational association (both being classified 'low level' evidence until dozens of associations are collected) when confronted with a novel #CoronaVirus or any other contagion is not
#ScienceBased. 2/
@jesse_kroll @linseymarr @dylanhmorris @DrNeeltje We must be prepared to quickly apply or adjust existing (i.e., #influenza) public health non-pharmaceutical recommendations to those of a new threat when we know the risk of harm from these interventions is low. 3/
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On this week's cover—A Series with @genome_gov presents an overview of efforts to implement the exciting & maturing area of #genomicmedicine, including to identify rare & undiagnosed diseases & to enhance risk assessment through family health records hubs.ly/H0kbfLm0
@genome_gov "China’s determination to improve #occupationalhealth is a welcome step towards translating its economic gains into health benefits for all workers in China."

Editorial: Occupational health in #China hubs.ly/H0kbj-g0
@genome_gov "Children and their families are the right starting point to disrupt the vicious cycle of racial inequity"

Editorial: A call for #paediatricians to tackle #racism hubs.ly/H0kbjjt0
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