[Scientific research in times of pandemics.] / La ricerca scientifica in tempi di pandemia.
Recenti Prog Med
; 112(3): 173-181, 2021 03.
Article
in Italian
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1123706
ABSTRACT
When a pandemic occurs, scientific research moves fast in order to achieve readily results, such as effective therapies to fight the SARS-CoV-2 and vaccines. But this high-speed science, engaged by the emergency and characterized by the explosion of online publications in preprint form not subject to scrutiny by peer reviewers, carries some risks. And it represents a challenge to maintain research integrity and to comply with those globally recognized standard principles of fairness. Competition and the pressure to publish immediately - a way of encouraging rapid data sharing - can favor the dissemination of incomplete if not erroneous results obtained from partial studies, which feed false news, such as the benefits of a drug, and illusory hopes. It is commonly through press releases that "speed science" disseminates information to an audience that wants to be informed and reassured. Financial and political interests often mix with the urgency to find solutions. Covid-19 has highlighted in particular the risk of a politicization of science at the expense of transparency.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Publishing
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Research
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Pandemics
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
Italian
Journal:
Recenti Prog Med
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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