I'm not sure I blame the press in this situation. I call shenanigans on the ASA, believing the IAAF made sincere efforts to contact them and contact Caster. There's just no way to convince all (and therefore not really any) of the news outlets to sit on that.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2009 6:37:57 am PDT #8029 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dana - Sep 11, 2009 6:41:09 am PDT #8030 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
None of the Buffistas are my "who is this person?" facebook person. I actually do know who she must be, I just have no memory of her.
StuntHusband - Sep 11, 2009 6:41:41 am PDT #8031 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
All these large-scale "authorities" aside - the tests she underwent were medical.
The DOCTORS gave information to someone other than the PATIENT *FIRST*.
I don't care about the ASA, the IAAF, or the press (in South Africa or elsewhere). The DOCTORS need to be...well, I have unwise words to finish that sentence.
The *patient* wasn't informed *first* - the rest is crappy frosting on an already-inexcusable cake.
Jessica - Sep 11, 2009 6:43:55 am PDT #8032 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What SH Said.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2009 6:46:46 am PDT #8033 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It doesn't look like the doctors had contact with the patient after testing. My guess is they were doing the testing for the IAAF and the results went there. If Caster were having her own tests the results would have gone to her first.
I am not clear on where doctor/patient confidentiality goes sometimes, but that's how it always seems to go for athletic testing. To the governing organisation first.
Dana - Sep 11, 2009 6:55:26 am PDT #8034 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Is LJ horrendously slow for anyone else?
Jesse - Sep 11, 2009 6:56:46 am PDT #8035 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yep.
Barb - Sep 11, 2009 6:57:39 am PDT #8036 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Is LJ horrendously slow for anyone else?
Me.
brenda m - Sep 11, 2009 6:58:16 am PDT #8037 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My guess is they were doing the testing for the IAAF and the results went there.
Yeah. I mean, when you do drug testing before starting a job, it's not you they come back to, it's the company.
StuntHusband - Sep 11, 2009 7:00:58 am PDT #8038 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I mean, when you do drug testing before starting a job, it's not you they come back to, it's the company.
...not in my experience. I was notified first, and also informed that as per the release I signed, my results were also being sent to my employer. But I was told *first*.