Quite the read, this.

'World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990' by Professor Andrew Sinclair.

#FollowingTheScience

https://theconversation.com/world-athletics-mandatory-genetic-test-for-women-athletes-is-misguided-i-should-know-i-discovered-the-relevant-gene-in-1990-262367

World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990

World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.

The Conversation
For anyone actually #FollowingTheScience , this ongoing pandemic and its perennial fallout is the longest, most annoying, unsatisfying "I told you so" ever.
Superb article by the rather excellent Devi Sridhar about #covid #covidenquiry #followingthescience She was outstanding in her advice to the Scottish Government and Scottish public during #Covid and continues to be so. #Publichealth. #Pandemicplanning. #Guardian. https://apple.news/ACpbZwfzqR6eVOyeQLjuZnw
I feared scientific advisers were being used by the government – the Covid inquiry shows they were — The Guardian

I told Chris Whitty at the time that scientists were providing cover for weak leaders taking harmful decisions, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh