On evidence fiascos and judgments in COVID-19 policy.

On evidence fiascos and judgments in COVID-19 policy.

Saana Jukola, Stefano Canali

Calls for evidence-based approaches to COVID-19 have sparked up discussions on the use of evidence for policy. In this note, we expand these discussions: while the debate has mostly focused on the types of evidence to be used for policy, we argue that the assessment of judgments involved in data practices and evidence production should play a central role in evaluating policy.

2021

covid-19 pandemic, Evidence-based medicine, philosophy of medicine

10.1007/s40656-021-00410-w

History and philosophy of the life sciences