| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | international
Medical Journals Slam Trump Administration in Unprecedented Editorials
Medical Journals Slam Trump Administration in Unprecedented Editorials
Prominent medical and scientific journals have broken with tradition and taken a political stand, calling for a change in leadership in Washington, DC
Some are endorsing Joseph Biden Jr in his campaign to unseat President Donald Trump in the November election.
The move, which several editors acknowledge as unprecedented, may threaten the journals reputations as nonpartisan arbiters of science. But editors argue that the risk is warranted because the Trump administration is attacking the work of scientists, ignoring climate change, and bungling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (MedScape, 15.10.2020)