Coronavirus Research Is Moving at Top Speed—With a Catch

WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More

• Episode: Coronavirus Research Is Moving at Top Speed—With a Catch
• Website: WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More
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• Duration: 00:07:36
• Published: 2020-02-04 12:12

Jonathan Read admits to being something of a dinosaur when it comes to publishing his work. An epidemiologist at Lancaster University in the UK, Read had always followed the old ways—submit to a journal, get accepted, get comments and edits from peer reviewers, revise the article, publish. But a few years ago, something started nagging at him. That process typically moves a lot slower than a disease outbreak. And even when it moves fast, it can involve considerations besides rigor.