Cambridge university professor accused of plagiarism found deceased

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j1ye6n30no

Please delete if not appropriate. I realize this individual is not a physician but the parallels of his story have affected many a physician as shown by the high numbers that take their own lives during investigation.

I don't really want to get into the nittry gritty of did he do wrong etc etc perhaps he did what concerns me more is what happened after the story went viral

Sadly with the toxic social media world we live in his life has been picked apart by basically anyone and everyone relentlessly we are all human but the world we live in now is completely dehumanized.

He probably felt he had nowhere else to go and knew the next few months would lead to even more scrutiny and toxic publicity against him. It's easy to see why people in high up positions feel they don't have much else left for them after these kind of things break open.

Am not saying don't have regulation but some compassion wouldn't go amiss this guy will probably be forgotten about in a few days but like many a physician that has ended up doing the same thing I feel there needs to be a culture shift back towards remembering there is a human behind all the tweets posts and articles