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Medicine is an imperfect science – but you can still trust its process

  • Written by Venktesh Ramnath, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego
imageIntensive care physicians are yet again facing ICU bed and staff shortages as severe COVID-19 cases rise.gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. You can find all of the stories here.

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