Right from its origins, whether naturally from animal reservoir, or from a laboratory as a result of “gain of function research” gone astray, to the mode of its transmission, the benefits of lockdowns and physical distancing and efficacy and safety of vaccines and many other issues, including handling of dead bodies of those who succumbed to the infection, have been subjects of claims and counterclaims polarizing scientists and society. Serious science and scientists took a back seat as brought out in an editorial in the British Medical Journal by Abbasi titled, “Covid-19: politicisation, corruption and suppression of Science,” dated 13 November 2020.
In this editorial Abbasi poignantly comments, “When good science is suppressed by the medical-political complex, people die.” Need of the hour: Balanced narrative for restoring confidence in science among the masses. While the tug-of-war…
