Research integrity in times of pandemic

In 1994, Douglas Graham Altman, one of the greatest statisticians all time, wrote "We need less research, better and research done for good reasons". Twenty-seven years ago, Altman pointed out that system favored unscientific behavior "bad science" was easy to publish, highlighting financial implications this amount poorly designed with erroneous statistical methods, unrepresentative samples, or fraud. The covid-19 pandemic has once again put clinical in check. pressure urgent responses unprecedented. Knowledge origin virus, transmission dynamics, pathophysiology disease, efficient pharmacological non-pharmacological measures would be counted lives - economies, governments.