Cochrane Review A122 - Timeline of delays in the production of the 2020 review

Delaying urgent reviews for political reasons

Cochrane Review A122 (Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses) was started in 2006 and updated five times, the latest in January 2023. 

Here, we present the timeline of the Cochrane Central Editorial Unit interventions, which led to a delay of several months in the publication of the 2020 update. 2020 was a crucial…