Communicating science in the time of a pandemic

R Saitz, G Schwitzer - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
During the global SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)
pandemic, disseminating study findings (such as by preprints, news releases, news stories,
or social media) and publishing the results of studies of testing and treatment in scientific
journals increased quickly. As of July 6, a PubMed search for COVID-19 yielded almost 30
000 reports. Inthecontextofarapidincreaseincases, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-
19 (coronavirus disease 2019), clinicians, patients, policymakers, andthepublicat large are …