A preprint on coronavirus was retracted over the weekend. Here’s why that was a good moment for science.

2019 novel coronavirus, via Wikimedia

Did you know that a preprint on the 2019 novel coronavirus was retracted this weekend? It happened so fast, you might have missed it.

In STAT, our co-founders Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus put the episode in context.

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