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Coronavirus research done too fast is testing publishing safeguards, bad science is getting through

  • Written by Irving Steinberg, Dean for Faculty, USC School of Pharmacy; Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy & Pediatrics, School of Pharmacy & Keck School of Medicine of USC; Director, Division of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Dept of Pediatrics, LAC+USC
Coronavirus research done too fast is testing publishing safeguards, bad science is getting throughScience is happening fast and mistakes are being made Yagi Studio/ DigitalVision via Getty Images

It has been barely a few weeks since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. The pace at which the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread across the globe is jolting, but equally impressive is the speed at which scientists and clinicians have been fighting back....

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