What is the most likely scenario for implementation of the OSTP’s Nelson Memo? And what strategies will that offer for publishers?
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The agency has withheld critical data on boosters, hospitalizations and, until recently, wastewater analyses.
Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world’s researchers focused so urgently on a single topic. Nearly all other research has ground to a halt.
Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world’s researchers focused so urgently on a single topic. Nearly all other research has ground to a halt.
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