Of Churchill's many witticisms, this his insult to a political adversary haunts me most: "occasionally he stumbled over the truth but he always picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened." I hope same won't be said of the "global health elite" post-COVID-19. 5/5
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Thread, with some reflections as editor of an academic journal in the time of COVID-19. There are so many COVID-19 submissions and pitches it's almost impossible to keep up and give each its due consideration: blog posts commentaries, editorials, research papers, et cetera 1/5
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They're broadly in 3 categories: 1. offering opinion about how to improve the response; 2. aiming to influence the response in real time with evidence and experience; and 3. setting the scene for what post-COVID-19 global health should look like given the response so far 2/5
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Of the 3 categories, 1 is least useful; 2 confirms my suspicions that academic journals are, by design, too slow and not well suited for learning and evidence needs on the go (while the legitimising role of journals and peer review is important, we need alternative models) 3/5
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3 is where academic journals, as currently conceived, can be most impactful in situations like this; providing a platform for necessary discussions and debates (second only to my fear of the havoc COVID-19 may still wreak, is that we may not learn much from the devastation) 4/5
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@seyeabimbola
Great Churchill quote,
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