During the peer review of this article, the editorial decisions made were not effectively communicated to the authors, and this created some confusion surrounding the recorded date of submission. For clarity, all dates and decisions associated with this article are stated here and are as follows: the article was originally submitted on 14 August 2019 and the editorial office records show that this received a decision of ‘decline with an invitation to resubmit’. This decision was not clearly articulated in the decision email, received by the authors on 8 October 2019, which stated that the article required ‘major revisions before publication’. A revised manuscript was submitted on 16 October 2019; it received a decision of ‘minor revision’. The final version was submitted on 18 November 2019 and accepted for publication on 19 December 2019.