Dr Rachel Kimani, lecturer at the Aga Khan School of Nursing and Midwifery, East Africa, writes that the pandemic represents a massive global health crisis, and there are many experts in different countries focused on addressing the challenges posed by its emergence. The avalanche of findings has brought significant advances, including promising vaccines. However, the bombardment of information has led to confusion and conspiracy theories. So the backtracking and revised public edits in the media are not necessarily signs that science is flawed but are promising signs that researchers are generating new evidence, challenging the status quo, and debating the evidence as part of scientific methodology.