I would argue that its being peer-reviewed as we speak. The typical peer-review process involves having other experts review the paper, for free, before publica

I would argue that its being peer-reviewed as we speak. The typical peer-review process involves having other experts review the paper, for free, before publication. One small silver lining of this pandemic is the urgency has caused the scientific model to shift towards preprints, which are rapidly disseminated among the scientific community via places like Twitter and Reddit, and notable papers end up getting vetted by many, many more experts much more quickly than they would via the traditional process. I've already seen many flawed papers quickly debunked and shot down, and others quickly floated to the top of the discussion, via experts commenting on Twitter and elsewhere. I wonder if after all this is over, if our methods of modern science are changed forever, or if we just revert to where we were before.