Hydroxychloroquine and the political polarization of science
Hydroxychloroquine and the political polarization of science
- May 4, 2020
- Cailin O'Connor and Jim Weatherall, lps, Boston Review, May 4, 2020
UCI Associate Professor Cailin O'Connor and UCI Professor James Owen Weatherall write,
“Why are we seeing the polarization over hydroxycholorquine, then, in spite of the
serious consequences? The explanation may lie in the kind of information available
to the public about COVID-19, which differs importantly from what we see in other
cases of polarization about science.” … “All this means that there is a huge amount
of information circulating that has some scientific legitimacy but that may be dramatically
underdeveloped and more likely than normal scientific findings to be overturned.”
For the full story, please visit http://bostonreview.net/science-nature-politics/cailin-oconnor-james-owen-weatherall-hydroxychloroquine-and-political.
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