With coronavirus vaccines, trust is in the clinical trial details

During the coronavirus pandemic, many scientists have not waited to have their papers peer reviewed before releasing their results to the public.They have rushed their findings out on preprint servers because information about the virus is urgently needed.The preprints come with caveats, with scientists cautioning that such papers should not be treated as peer-reviewed findings.The same is happening with vaccine trial results.Due to pressure to roll out vaccines as quickly as possible,…

This post was originally published on South China Morning Post.