COVID-19 and the Tsunami of Information

COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the recently discovered coronavirus, SARS-CoV2. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The number of publications COVID-19 related is exponentially increasing but there are also some retracted papers appearing on PubMed including those retracted from The Lancet Global Health and the New England Journal of Medicine. In a PubMed search for ‘COVID’ there were 1595 articles by the 1st April 2020.

Source: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - September 18, 2020 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Rebecca Rollett, Michelle Collins, M Sarmad Tamimy, A Graeme B Perks, Mark Henley, Robert U. Ashford Source Type: research