This is really important. Stuff getting publicized *without a paper* and without sufficient time for many scientists to look at, digest, comment and contextualize can lead to terrible outcomes—needlessly scaring people. We saw that happen with widely misreported studies before.https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1364769339434409984 …
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Here's a NYC public health official pleading against "pathogen porn"—big media story gets published without letting the scientific community have even one day to digest/respond to a preprint. Happened too many times throughout last year to great harm.https://twitter.com/DrJayVarma/status/1364895908895354882 …
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An excellent point. Here is an attempt to synthesize the quality of COVID literature - concluding that: "Peer-reviewed original articles with data showed a high risk of bias and included a limited number of patients"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33397292/
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I see a lot of blame going solely on the press and not the scientists. This is mistaken. Both are to blame. These scientist agree to be part of the story. They agree to be quoted. Without them, these panic porn stories would lose all their weight. They have to knock it off!
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