Nature controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Nature apologizes for associating coronavirus with Wuhan and China
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Nature apologized for associating the novel coronavirus with Wuhan and China and said that coronavirus stigma must stop.
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Apology — Nature
British scientific journal "Nature" has apologized for associating the novel coronavirus with Wuhan and China
Source excerpt
Nature, one of the world’s leading journals of biological sciences, urged scientists in an editorial this week to embrace the technical name favored by China’s government for the deadly disease that emerged from the Chinese city of Wuhan.
That we did so was an error on our part, for which we take responsibility and apologize.