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Epidemiology’s Trust Crisis After COVID

Why epidemiology did not have a replication crisis in the usual sense, but still ended up with a public trust crisis after COVID.

Indexed essay April 11, 2025 By Devin Teichrow sciencepublic healthepidemiology

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By Devin Teichrow. Published April 11, 2025.

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Why epidemiology did not have a replication crisis in the usual sense, but still ended up with a public trust crisis after COVID.

What COVID revealed about the gap between doing good science and earning public trust.

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