COVID-19 Publications

Authors: Vasconcelos MK, Epalza C, Renk H, Tagarro A, Bielicki JA Published in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;24 In their Comment, the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) clinical characterisation group outline how harmonisation of clinical characterisation studies is achieved through their collaborative resource-sharing and data-sharing platform. We fully agree with both the importance of international harmonisation and the authors’ approach. Yet, in our opinion, they could have expressed more clearly how important harmonisation is to use resources in research responsibly and efficiently.