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[AI summary] The article discusses the limitations of peer review in science, using historical and contemporary examples to argue that it is not the gold standard. It highlights cases where peer review may suppress innovative or controversial ideas, such to the lab origin of SARS-CoV-2. The piece critiques the suppression of dissenting views and the role of funding and institutional pressures in shaping scientific discourse. It concludes that science should be open and progressive, with peer review being a tool rather than a gatekeeping mechanism.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is reminding us that he is no expert when it comes to healthcare, the thing he was nominated to run.
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ByAnnabelle Littoz-Monnet - Epidemiological models have played a decisive role from the outset in determining the public policy response to Covid-19, especially in the imposition of quarantines and lockdowns. This emphasis on epidemiology, however, may have resulted in the silencing of alternative voices - from philosophers and anthropologists to general practitioners - and the possibility of alternative solutions for managing the public health emergency.
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As the dangers of Long COVID become more recognized, the country's going backwards on preventing new infections.
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