Do No Harm: Reaffirming the Value of Evidence and Equipoise While Minimizing Cognitive Bias in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era.

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Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UC San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA.

Published: September 2020

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