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Strong caveats are lacking as news stories trumpet preliminary COVID-19 research – HealthNewsReview (Mary Chris Jaklevic | April 2020)

Posted by saviorteam in Human Research Ethics, Research Integrity on April 12, 2020
Keywords: Biomedical, Clinical trial, Human research ethics, Institutional responsibilities, International, Media, Medical research, Merit and integrity, Protection for participants, Research integrity, Research results, Researcher responsibilities
A "STOP COVID-19" graphic

For years medical researchers held off while scientists in other fields embraced online platforms for posting rough drafts of manuscripts, known as preprints.

The hurried pace and publication of COVID-19 research means mistakes are going to be made.  This vexed situation, where data is being rushed out to meet a need-but there is not time to verify using standard means.  Over the last 24h we have posted some great pieces offering an important warning.

Those websites accelerate basic science by allowing researchers to disseminate findings and get feedback on their work before submitting them to a traditional journal.
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Some argue that such rapid data sharing is ideally suited for infectious disease outbreaks like the one we’re experiencing now.

However, the prospect of public access to unvetted work sparked worry about potential health scares and patients demanding unproven treatments. A BMJ editorial put it this way: “Can the need for speed be balanced with suitable safeguards to protect the public?”
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We’re now finding out.
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A medical preprint server called medRxiv (pronounced “med-archive”) went live last summer. It’s a partnership of BMJ (publisher of The BMJ), Yale University, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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