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Dr Margaret McCartney told to behave [Edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

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Iused2BanOptimist · 02/11/2018 18:12

A commercial blood test company decided to take on Margaret McCartney and told her to behave.
Great way to tout for business. Not sure how new the company is but they joined twitter on 26/10/18 and are already at the centre of a tweet storm!

Dr Margaret McCartney told to behave [Edited by MNHQ at OP's request]
Dr Margaret McCartney told to behave [Edited by MNHQ at OP's request]
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arranfan · 02/11/2018 18:48

Good for Ben Goldacre coming out to support Margaret McCartney. MedLab has really upped the ante:

Margaret McCartney has made misleading statements about our company which are false, defamatory and damaging. Regrettably, it appears it stems from her misunderstanding that MedLab.com is a private screening company. It is not.

twitter.com/medlab/status/1058378916719747072

I have to admit, I am notorious recognised as someone who can grasp fine detail but MedLab's distinction is passing me by when they assert that they are not a private screening company but a company that offers private testing to private individuals without medical referral.

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Iused2BanOptimist · 02/11/2018 18:46

Yes, the language is certainly reminiscent of other controlling persons. Where do they learn it I wonder?

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hellandhairnets · 02/11/2018 18:42

There is something unpleasantly familiar about the lab's language I think

How strange. My thoughts exactly.

i wonder.

FermatsTheorem · 02/11/2018 18:35

Sending out the batsignal to @Bowlofbalelfish - this looks like it overlaps your area of expertise.

FermatsTheorem · 02/11/2018 18:32

Holy crap! The BMJ, broadsheet newspapers and NICE all need to get on to this. (Is that firm's twitter run by a pal of Dr Haddock? The misogynistic, patronising tone seems all too familiar.)

wingwarbler · 02/11/2018 18:29

There is something unpleasantly familiar about the lab's language I think

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Iused2BanOptimist · 02/11/2018 18:29

Do I just self report and ask? Will do. It is indeed interesting partly for the bad PR but also for the wider interest in commercial testing and the activities of private laboratory companies.

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arranfan · 02/11/2018 18:23

OP - might you ask MNHQ to change the thread title to include Margaret McCartney's name, please?

There's a lot of respect for her and I think people might be interested to learn this is happening.

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Iused2BanOptimist · 02/11/2018 18:15

Link to the twitter thread. Enjoy!
twitter.com/bengoldacre/status/1058344890466254848?s=21

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