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COVID Study Circle: An Experiment in Forming a Digital Collective During a Pandemic
Journal of the Indian Institute of Science ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 , DOI: 10.1007/s41745-020-00194-1 Chitra Pattabiraman 1 , Bhagteshwar Singh 2, 3
Journal of the Indian Institute of Science ( IF 2.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 , DOI: 10.1007/s41745-020-00194-1 Chitra Pattabiraman 1 , Bhagteshwar Singh 2, 3
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In this article, we reflect on a multi-institutional diverse digital collective, and its contribution to sifting fact from fake during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic in India (March–June 2020). In March 2020, many parts of India were just beginning to see cases of COVID-19. We were hearing from our colleagues in Italy and the UK about the scale of the crisis. Data were sparse, hard to translate to our context and general understanding about the virus and the disease was just emerging. The WHO team had just released its report from China and the prime minister cancelled his Holi celebrations. Data were being generated and transmitted rapidly (via Twitter and preprint servers such as Medrxiv and Biorxiv—bypassing the traditional publication lag); however, many areas were data-poor. This was also countered by a rapid spread of misinformation. We needed to organize data into information, explore its reliability/uncertainty, and start to both construct the big picture and identify the missing details (Fig. 1). This unprecedented situation threw up some immediate challenges:
更新日期：2020-10-01
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