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The speed of coronavirus science has consequences

Recode Daily

Recode

Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The pandemic has caused the speed of science to increase dramatically, but that speed has consequences. Featuring Ivan Oransky (@ivanoransky) Links Op-ed: Covering science at dangerous speeds Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0

Always read the label. This pandemic has caused the speed of science to increase dramatically.

0:44.0

Researchers are rushing to understand this virus, develop a vaccine, and find treatments.

0:50.0

But that speed has consequences.

0:53.0

Well, I think Remdessevere is a good example.

0:55.5

This is Ivan Erransky.

0:56.9

He's the vice president of editorial at the website Medscape,

1:00.0

and he co-founded a blog called Retraction Watch.

1:03.2

Ivan also taught me medical reporting at New York University,

1:06.8

where he still teaches.

1:08.4

And that drug he mentioned, Raimdesevir,

1:10.8

is a drug that's being used to treat patients with COVID-19.

1:14.4

One of the earliest studies of the drug for coronavirus was published in the New England Journal of Medicine,

1:20.0

a really prestigious medical journal.

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