Orthodoxy, illusio, and playing the scientific game: a Bourdieusian analysis of infection control science in the COVID-19 pandemic [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Background: Scientific and policy bodies’ failure to acknowledge and act on the evidence base for airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a timely way is both a mystery and a scandal. In this study, we applied theories from Bourdieu to address the question, “How was a partial and partisan scientific...

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Main Authors: Trisha Greenhalgh, Mustafa Ozbilgin, Damien Contandriopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2021-09-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-126/v2