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If all the authors on a paper were #CDC scientists, they were instructed to retract the article from consideration by the journal.

Larry Gostin, director of the WHO Center on Global #Health #Law, said that the directive amounted to #censorship, not just of government employees but of private citizens. He noted that withdrawal of the lead author would effectively kill publication of a paper even it had co-authors who were private scientists.

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