Reposted by Tara Lamont
"What began as a movement towards evidence-based policy has, in some contexts, drifted into evidence-dependent policy,
where decisions are authorised only once uncertainty has
been reduced or eliminated entirely." Excellent Viewpoint in @thelancetph.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Paralysis in public health and policy: when evidence becomes an alibi
Public health operates in an era of unprecedented data availability and analytical
sophistication, yet action on well-established health challenges is frequently delayed.
We argue that evidence increa...