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  • Published on: 5 January 2022
    Re: Through a quantitative study design, could this lead to more answers from scientists?
    • Levent Öztürk, Student Master Program in Global Health and Development, Department of Public Health, Taipei Medical University (Taipei City, Taiwan)

    A very informative and well-round study that gives a somewhat comprehensive explantation (as a pioneer study) on how scientists from different fields interact with policymakers during the COVID19-pandemic. It gives a good explanation of how difficult the “sandwich position” seems to be when you have to work in a field requiring interdisciplinary competencies.
    Some critique points might include the fact that one of the interviewed scientists mentioned, that wearing a mask was not effective (P4, the Netherlands on page 5). Given the view from a very European perspective, a view over to the Asian neighbours would have or could have clarified this point. (1)
    The European point is another thing that needs to be taken into consideration. Although the authors mentioned that the result might not apply to other parts of the world, it is crucial to mention that this issue needs to be addressed if we talk about a better interdisciplinary workforce globally during a pandemic.
    Moreover, could a quantitative approach would have led to different results? Maybe the purview or range among scientists would have been more applicable with a fitting survey so that more scientists in related fields and positions could have been reached.
    Fears and reservations about anonymity could be eradicated by this study design over a potentially large(r) study population.
    However, I would like to thank you for this paper and hope that broader research on the field could bring...

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