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The Pandemic Claims New Victims: Prestigious Medical Journals (archive)
One study promised that popular blood-pressure drugs were safe for people infected with the coronavirus. Another paper warned that anti-malaria drugs endorsed by President Trump actually were dangerous to these patients.
The studies, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet, were retracted shortly after publication, following an outcry from researchers who saw obvious flaws.
The hasty retractions, on the same day this month, have alarmed scientists worldwide who fear that the rush for research on the coronavirus has overwhelmed the peer review process and opened the door to fraud, threatening the credibility of respected medical journals just when they are needed most.
[...] "The problem with trust is that it's too easy to lose and too hard to get back," said Dr. Jerome Kassirer, a former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, which published one of the retracted papers in early May. "These are big blunders."
If outside scientists detected problems that weren't identified by the peer reviewers, then the journals failed, he said. Like hundreds of other researchers, Dr. Kassirer called on the editors to publish full explanations of what happened.
See also: US FDA pulls its emergency approval of chloroquine use for COVID-19
[NB: This follows up on "Doubt Looms Over Hydroxychloroquine Study That Halted Global Trials" which was part of 2020-06-15 Roundup of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2, Coronavirus) Stories --martyb]
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday June 16 2020, @03:10PM
I remember when medical professionals were debating hydroxychloroquine use and Trump was pushing its use despite there not being solid scientific evidence to use it, only enough possibility to warrant testing. (As opposed to letting the professionals speak for themselves). In other words, practicing medicine without a license.
I remember that from the beginning there was pushback in the medical community on its use.
I also remember that debate has gone back and forth and that now there is even more evidence to suggest hydroxychloroquine does nothing to improve survival rates. Enough now that FDA has now pulled its use authorization [wsj.com]. Blah blah deep state, but please show me recent (as in less than a month old) study data that shows it is effective.
I don't remember the media using the phrase "all lives matter" relating to COVID-19 measures. Perhaps you could enlighten me as to the citation of such?
I don't remember any medical authority suggesting that violating those guidelines and regulations are OK for BLM protests, instead I remember the exact opposite [cbslocal.com]. Then again, I don't generally conflate political party, protests, and COVID. But if you want to go there, I remember the Trump administration specifically appearing many times in public without social distancing or masking, but in instances where this was pointed out to Democrats they immediately changed what they were doing to achieve better compliance. In short, Joe wears a mask and Trump doesn't.
Are you quite sure your memory is intact?
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