Comments on: Epidemiology and the wrath of God: Nigerian nightmare http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/08/22/epidemiology-nigerian-nightmare/ Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kurt Griffith http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/08/22/epidemiology-nigerian-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Kurt Griffith Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:36:54 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=789#comment-1357 "And when the “knowing” it bit ends up with people getting slung in jail, you’ve got to wonder whether it’s worthwhile collecting all those data..." It seems as if once collected, you have to be very careful about just how you share your data and who you share it with. At which point, what was the POINT of the time, effort and expense of collecting good data in the first place, if the people most in need of help are going to be PUNISHED for it. Indeed a nightmare for researchers. “And when the “knowing” it bit ends up with people getting slung in jail, you’ve got to wonder whether it’s worthwhile collecting all those data…”

It seems as if once collected, you have to be very careful about just how you share your data and who you share it with. At which point, what was the POINT of the time, effort and expense of collecting good data in the first place, if the people most in need of help are going to be PUNISHED for it.

Indeed a nightmare for researchers.

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