Leaders have to come up with a new protocol for emerging diseases: how scientists communicate vital info to the WHO and the public (important!), how peer reviewed confidentiality should be waived in these crises, and how to keep these systems accountable. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
What I’m worried about is that this pandemic will drive leaders and scientists in the opposite direction towards less transparency.
What if more scientists start using Protonmail, Signal, and burner phones for future communications regarding emergencies?
What if more scientists start using Protonmail, Signal, and burner phones for future communications regarding emergencies?
The recent FOIAs revealing highly confidential conversations (or redactions) are likely to cause more people to shift to secure, non-FOI’able channels.
If so, this may be the one of the last pandemics/outbreaks we can shed much light on via FOIA.
If so, this may be the one of the last pandemics/outbreaks we can shed much light on via FOIA.
For the next outbreak that threatens to become a pandemic, which could happen anytime from a natural spillover or from a research-related accident, we need to already be implementing new policies and whistleblower mechanisms to enforce transparency.
Is anyone in leadership working on this or should the next pandemic also be tracked by internet sleuths?
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