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. 2022 Jun 14;119(24):e2119887119.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2119887119. Epub 2022 Jun 9.

One lesson of COVID-19: Conduct more health policy trials

Luchuo Engelbert Bain  1 , Astrid Berner-Rodoreda  2 , Shannon A McMahon  2   3 , Malabika Sarker  2   4 , Frank Tanser  1 , Till Bärnighausen  2   5 , Daniel Wikler  5 , Nir Eyal  6   7
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One lesson of COVID-19: Conduct more health policy trials

Luchuo Engelbert Bain et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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To better understand the implications and effectiveness of COVID-19–related policy and public health measures—ranging from school openings to mask-wearing to travel restrictions—we need to do a much better job devising controlled experiments. Image credit: Shutterstock/Syda Productions.
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