Longer viral shedding in asymptomatics, if true, would matter. With limited testing, it would mean very long quarantines. So I pulled the easily available data from this @NatureMedicine paper and tried to do a meta-analysis including other data 1/4
@mugecevik kindly pointed me to 3 other papers with similar comparisons for covid-19 (plus one for flu). None deposited their data. Two corresponding authors did not reply, the third refused, citing ethics. All I want is shedding durations 2/4
@JAMANetworkOpen's data sharing policy is risible. For clinical trials only, authors are required to state whether or not data will be available. How can such a journal have "Open" in its name!? jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… 3/4
There has been a lot of praise for rapid preprinting of #COVID19 work. A good start, but not enough. Anonymized data must also be deposited upon manuscript submission. Not doing so is holding pandemic response back - in my case, affecting quarantine recommendations. 4/4
