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I am not surprised NIH researchers are leaving
- Thein H Oo, MD, FRCP (19 April 2005)
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Unamerican?
- John Stone (21 April 2005)
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Thein H Oo, MD, FRCP, Attending Physician in Hematology & Medical Oncology Boston, USA
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I was reading this article with interest. In the United States, sometimes the rules have gone too far. In my view, the rules are made by men and of course men are not perfect. And men who are not perfect will often make imperfect rules. We often ignore the fact that time changes and everything changes with time. If people try to stick to outdated rules, then problems arise. In fact, rules should be flexible and at times should be amended ( I do not say rules are made to be broken ). So long as it does not harm anyone, I do not care whether NIH researchers do consulting to pharmaceutical companies. However, they should be accountable. Well, this is a land of the free and the brave. We do accept the right of the people to hold firearms. It is very unamerican to restrict the individual rights of the NIH researchers. Competing interests: None declared |
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John Stone, none London N22
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"It is very unamerican to restrict the individual rights of the NIH researchers." It is my memory from study of American history and politics that it was the pre-occupation of the Federalist founding fathers of the United States to find constitutional means to separate interests. There is little doubt that the kind of institutional debauchery under discussion is now commonplace in the US, but for Thein Oo to take something which is patently an abuse - and which will inevitably lead to harm - and to justify it by appealing to the spirit of the nation is dubious in the extreme. Competing interests: British |
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