Studies touted by right-wingers claiming lower coronavirus deaths are unreliable: researchers – Raw Story

In an op-ed published at The Washington Post this Tuesday, dean of Harvard Medical School George Q. Daley, professor and researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Stephen Elledg, and associate professor at Harvard Medical School Michael Springer, contend that when it comes to recent studies that claim the death toll from coronavirus is less severe than previously thought, people should be wary since the studies are unvetted.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/studies-touted-by-right-wingers-claiming-lower-coronavirus-deaths-are-unreliable-researchers/

The Trump Administration Is Enshrining Its Anti-Science Policy in the Midst of an Epidemic – Mother Jones

As more states learned they have rising numbers of confirmed cases of coronavirus Tuesday evening—now 16 states report at least 135 cases—the EPA made an important announcement: The agency is moving closer to finalizing a policy for restricting what health studies it can consider for any of the EPA’s scientific work. That would mean the agency would be forced only to consider studies that can publish their raw data, which in effect means ignoring entire fields of epidemiology research that relies on private, anonymized medical data to study the impacts of pollution.....
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/03/the-trump-administration-is-enshrining-its-anti-science-policy-in-the-midst-of-an-epidemic/

This Might Be Scott Pruitt's Most Destructive Move Yet - Mother Jones

Adopting a strategy successfully employed by the tobacco industry, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a sweeping new regulation that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use in developing its regulations. ...
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/04/this-might-be-scott-pruitts-most-destructive-move-yet/