The role of evidence-based medicine in the media: misinformation and the COVID-19 lesson.

Eur Respir Rev · 2025 · PMC12220742 · PMID 40562439

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Using the principles of evidence-based medicine, the message from scientists to the public should be that scientific studies are imperfect and that there might be significant variation in the quality of studies, and it is important to be aware of study limitations.

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