So interesting. Yes. I haven't read that many papers all the way through lately, but it does seem like that sort of problem has grown and grown over the last two years, especially for papers that relate to Covid 19 topics like vaccine pros and cons, efficacy of social distancing, masking, school closures, lockdowns, etc.

A lot of times the plainest reading of the data contradicts the author's conclusions, or just fails to support the author's conclusions, because the authors fear having funding cancelled, or the authors work for a pharmaceutical company or the government.