Science communication: challenges and dilemmas in the age of COVID-19

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 43 (3):1-4 (2021)
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A pandemic of misinformation is said to spread alongside the COVID-19 pandemic. The need to properly inform the public is stronger than ever in the fight against misinformation, but what ‘properly’ means in this context is a quite controversial issue. In what follows, I discuss the challenges we face in communicating COVID-19 health information to the public, with the aim to shed light on some ethical and policy issues emerging in science (communication) in times of crises.

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Konstantina Antiochou
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