{"id":5815,"date":"2020-06-17T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/?p=5815"},"modified":"2020-08-20T21:37:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T21:37:50","slug":"scientists-and-medical-personnel-under-threat-for-questioning-official-data-on-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civicspaceguardian.directoriolegislativo.org\/index.php\/2020\/06\/17\/scientists-and-medical-personnel-under-threat-for-questioning-official-data-on-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists and medical personnel under threat for questioning official data on COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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On mid-May, the president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), Diosdado Cabello, publicly threatened scientists from the Academy of Physical Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Venezuela, whom he accused of stoking alarm in the population. The statements came in response to the publication of a report which used mathematical models to suggest that official figures could be underreporting infections at a rate of between 63% and 95%. Cabello warned the report was \u201can invitation for the state securities to call [the scientists].\u201d The issue presents a fresh obstacle in Venezuela for freedom of investigation and disclosure of information. Previously, scientific institutions had been required by a joint resolution<\/a>\u00a0of the Ministries of Health and Science to register any investigations into COVID-19 with both institutions. The criminalization of medical personnel, organizations and journalists for disseminating technical information on the evolution of COVID-19 contrary to official data has been condemned by numerous\u00a0resoluci\u00f3n conjunta<\/a>\u00a0de los Ministerios de Salud y de Ciencia a registrar cualquier investigaci\u00f3n sobre el COVID-19 ante ambas carteras. La criminalizaci\u00f3n del personal m\u00e9dico, las organizaciones y los periodistas por difundir informaci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica sobre la evoluci\u00f3n del COVID-19 que interpela los datos oficiales ha sido condenada por numerosas\u00a0academic and civil society organizations and by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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