1. McKee M. The tobacco industry: the pioneer of fake news. J Public Health Res. 2017;6(1):878. https://doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2017.878.
2. Oreskes N, Conway EM. Merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming, 1st U.S. edition. New York: Bloomsbury Press; 2010.
3. Higgins-Dunn Noah BLJ. WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally, higher than previously thought. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/who-says-coronavirus-death-rate-is-3point4percent-globally-higher-than-previously-thought.html. Accessed 30 July 2023.
4. Ioannidis JPA. A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data. STAT. https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/. Accessed 24 July 2023.
5. Bendavid E, Bhattacharya J. Opinion | is the coronavirus as deadly as they say? Wall Street J. 2020. https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-coronavirus-as-deadly-as-they-say-11585088464. Accessed 24 July 2023.