Daily archives: 7. May 2020

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Exclusion of experts

Vinay Prasad / Jeffrey S. Flier: Scientists who express different views on Covid-19 should be heard, not demonized, in: STAT, 27.4.2020 Critical epidemiologists and virologists, who in recent weeks have expressed doubts about the blanket worst-case scenarios of their colleagues, have often been regarded as ‘irresponsible’ and excluded from the scientific discussion. The authors demonstrate this finding using the example of epidemiologist John Ioannidis. They call on the scientific community to discuss the worldwide published research results in an open-ended manner.