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Covidization of research: what are the risks? Dr Madhukar Pai

An historic event at the Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS): 64th Annual Academic Day (AAD) held every year since the faculty was established in 1956. This year for the first time hosted virtually due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Guest speaker, Prof Madhukar Pai, discussed the risks of what he calls the “Covidization" of research. Pai, who is an internationally recognised epidemiologist and Global Health expert with McGill University in Canada, unpacked the effects that the Covid-19 crisis is having on scientific research. He argued that although there were benefits to doing Covid-19-related research, the enormous surge of interest in the field has channelled funds and scientific focus away from other research priorities, resulting in “a lot of waste and redundancy in science". He also warned that rushed and sloppy research could lead to a lowering of scientific standards and erode trust in science. “All health research cannot be about a pandemic or infectious threats, and all infectious-disease research cannot be about Covid-19," Pai said. “Diversity in research is critical for any society, and will prepare us better for the next crisis." Read more: http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/ne...