Analysis: Journalists' articles often didn't communicate uncertainty of evidence on unproven COVID drugs

Analysis: Journalists often didn't communicate uncertainty of evidence on unproven COVID drugs Scientific evidence of the efficacy of the unproven COVID-19 therapies hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, and convalescent plasma was often presented in US news stories in the first months of the pandemic, but scientific uncertainty was commonly omitted and only rarely appeared in headlines or ledes, with possible implications for public health, researchers reported yesterday in JMIR Infodemiology. CIDRAP

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"The accurate reporting of scientific evidence and uncertainty is the collective responsibility of multiple professionals including reporters, editors, public health officials, and medical and scientific experts," wrote the Mayo Clinic– and Wake Forest University–led study team.

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