624 - The “Youngest Science:” Debates over Evidence During the Pandemic Within Medicine

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">In the frenzy of research for COVID-19 prevention and treatment, there were many disagreements about what really did—or didn’t—work. The nature of the debates reveals a broader problem in how data are interpreted in medicine. <strong>Dr. Arturo Casadevall</strong> and <strong>Dr. Josh Sharfstein</strong> discuss the nature of evidence and Dr. Casadevall’s new paper, Misinterpretation of Clinical Research Findings and COVID-19 Mortality. You can read the paper here: <a href= "https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M23-0737?af=R" data-inline-card="" data-card-data= "">https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M23-0737?af=R</a></p>