The Quest for Timely Insights into COVID-19 Should not Come at the Cost of Scientific Rigor.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5. Is the Way Forward to Step Back? Documenting the Frequency With Which Study Goals Are Misaligned With Study Methods and Interpretations in the Epidemiologic Literature.Epidemiologic reviews · 2022
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6. Characteristics and Outcomes of Over 300,000 Patients with COVID-19 and History of Cancer in the United States and Spain.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2021
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7. Unequal impact of the COVID-19 crisis on minority ethnic groups: a framework for understanding and addressing inequalities.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2021
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8. A clinician's primer on epidemiology for COVID-19.Med (New York, N.Y.) · 2021
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

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Funding

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Abstract

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