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Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID‐19

Abstract Current results do not provide conclusive evidence on the effect of BCG vaccination on COVID‐19 alone or in combination with other factors. To address this limitation, in this study we used a citizen science initiative on the COVID‐19 pandemic to collect data worldwide during October 2‐30, 2020 (1,233 individuals) in a structured way for […]
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Principalism in public health decision making in the context of the COVID ‐19 pandemic

This research is among top 10 most downloaded papers. Background The COVID‐19 pandemic lead scientists and governmental authorities to issue clinical and public health recommendations based on progressively emerging evidence and expert opinions and many of these fast‐tracked to peer‐reviewed publications. Concerns were raised on scientific quality and generalizability of this emerging evidence. Main argument […]
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