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What went wrong with publishing in COVID19

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What went wrong with publishing in COVID19.
 
Naomi Hammond walks us through the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of COVID19 publications.
 
The ability for researchers to rapidly design and conduct trials in the midst of a pandemic was valuable.
 
With that however, came an 'infodemic' where consumers struggled to keep up with the abundance of information.
 
In April 2020, there were 6,000 articles published in one month.
 
This caused concerns regarding the quality of publications, the increase in opinion articles and the number of articles which were retracted over the course of Covid.
 
Tune in to a fascinating talk about what went wrong with publishing in COVID19.
 
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