How a few poorly designed COVID-19 studies may have contributed to misinformation in Brazil: the case for evidence-based communication of science

BMJ Open Sci. 2021 Sep 2;5(1):e100202. doi: 10.1136/bmjos-2021-100202. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Charles Phiilipe de Lucena Alves¹, João de Deus Barreto Segundo², Gabriel Gonçalves da Costa³, Tatiana Pereira-Cenci¹, Kenio Costa Lima⁴, Flávio Fernando Demarco¹, Inácio Crochemore-Silva¹

Affiliations

¹ Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
² Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Brazil.
³ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.

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Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; misinformation; press release.