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Three of the Most Prestigious Scientific Journals Have Condemned Trump’s Handling of COVID-19 – Slate (Jane C. Hu | October 2020)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Research Integrity on October 20, 2020
Keywords: Belief, Breaches, Institutional responsibilities, International, Medical research, Protection for participants, Research results, Standards

The Linked Original Item was Posted On October 14, 2020

An ink stamper and the stamped words "FAKE NEWS"

With the U.S. presidential election less than a month away, three prestigious science publications have recently run editorials about what’s happening—or not happening—in Washington. Holden Thorp, the editor in chief at Science, detailed this administration’s coronavirus missteps in an editorial succinctly titled “Trump Lied About Science.” In another editorial, the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine called our current political leaders’ response to COVID-19 “consistently inadequate,” and Nature’s editors have endorsed Joe Biden for president.

An interesting piece on how far commentary can go before being seen as political.

Also see Top US science journals risk reputations to battle Trump (THE Subscription required).

These editorial teams skewered the U.S. government’s handling of COVID-19. “Our current leaders have undercut trust in science and in government, causing damage that will certainly outlast them,” wrote NEJM’s editors. “Instead of relying on expertise, the administration has turned to uninformed ‘opinion leaders’ and charlatans who obscure the truth and facilitate the promulgation of outright lies.” In Thorp’s Science editorial, he, too, lamented lies—specifically, Trump’s deliberate underplaying of the the deadliness of SARS-CoV-2: “This may be the most shameful moment in the history of U.S. science policy.”* Nature’s editorial staff also had pointed criticisms of Trump: “No US president in recent history has so relentlessly attacked and undermined so many valuable institutions, from science agencies to the media, the courts, the Department of Justice—and even the electoral system,” they wrote.

Many saw these clear condemnations of the U.S. government’s COVID-19 response as a stark departure from the science journals’ normal purview. The editorials come on the heels of Scientific American’s endorsement of Joe Biden—a first in its 175-year-history—so the idea of scientists taking a stand on politics is currently fresh in the public’s mind. But unlike the popular science magazine, Nature, Science, and NEJM are all known for publishing impactful original academic research, making it seem all the more surprising that they’d wade into political commentary. Publications like the Washington Post and Axios ran stories about NEJM’s editorial in particular; scientists on Twitter linked to all three, calling the science community’s chorus of editorials unprecedented.

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(US) Fauci says White House told NIH to cancel funding for bat virus study – Politico (David Lim & Brianna Ehley | June 2020)

The epic battle against coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theories – Nature (Philip Ball & Amy Maxmen | May 2020)

(US) FDA revokes emergency use ruling for hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by Trump as a Covid-19 therapy – STAT (Lev Facher | June 2020)

(France) He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19 – New York Times Magazine (Scott Sayare | May 2020)

(US) Science groups, senator warn Trump administration not to change publishing rules – Science (Jeffrey Brainard & David Malakoff | December 2019)

The Science of This Pandemic Is Moving at Dangerous Speeds – WIRED (Adam Marcus & Ivan Oransky | March 2020)

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