On 15 March, we reported how the Cochrane editorial hierarchy attempted to throw the authors of the review Physical Interventions to interrupt the spread of respiratory viruses (A122 for short) under a double decker New York bus.
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With no consultation with any of the review authors, on Friday 10th March 2023 the Editor-in-Chief published a statement apparently spooked by “many commentators” misinterpreting the conclusions of the review and worried by claims about the study and that wording in the summary of the review “was open to misinterpretation, for which we apologize.” Note: this is their apology, not the authors’.
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