Pandemic creates ‘surge’ of flawed research – FRANCE 24

Paris (AFP)
The Covid-19 pandemic has created a surge in potentially flawed scientific studies as researchers rush to publish results without adequate oversight, a leading medical ethicist said Friday.
Since the novel coronavirus appeared late last year there have been more than 4,000 academic papers relating to the virus, many of which have appeared online without the benefit of a full peer-review process.
Writing in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Katrina Bramstedt, a professor at the Bond …

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