Trump's handling of the pandemic has been a key theme in the election campaign, with the president accused of undermining scientific institutions and spreading false information. The Lancet editorial said the US was experiencing a "continuing devaluation of science," as well as a range of rights inequalities. 'Astonishing' failureSeveral other major scientific publications have issued caustic assessments of Trump's legacy on health and science in the weeks leading up to the November 3 polls. Earlier this month the journal Nature, one of the world's most prestigious scientific publications, said it was backing Biden for US president. "We do not do this lightly," the editors wrote in a sulphuric anti-Trump editorial published online for the magazine's October issue.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 30, 2020 12:45 UTC