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Science ‘risks coronavirus backlash’ as it is drawn into politics

Policy experts express fears that public and politicians will hold scientists responsible for the economic and social damage of lockdown

By David Matthews

14 May

To question the biomedical consensus is not to lack moral accountability

Publications must always permit debate on the quality and relevance of research – plus the efficacy and costs of derived policy, says Robert Dingwall

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To question the biomedical consensus is not to lack moral accountability

Publications must always permit debate on the quality and relevance of research – plus the efficacy and costs of derived policy, says Robert Dingwall

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Nobelists: scientists ‘circled the wagons’ over coronavirus threat

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Science ‘risks coronavirus backlash’ as it is drawn into politics

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