A major study that raised questions about hydroxychloroquine's use against COVID-19 has been retracted.
Thursday afternoon explaining their decision to ask for a retraction – a relatively rare step in science that is considered extremely embarrassing.
"As such, our reviewers were not able to conduct an independent and private peer review and therefore notified us of their withdrawal from the peer-review process," the authors wrote in their retraction request."Based on this development, we can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources."
Other scientists praised the authors' decision to withdraw the papers, but said it was an example of the type of sloppy research published in the rush to combat the global pandemic. "This paper might just be tip of the iceberg of potentially erroneous conclusions being drawn from studies fundamentally ill-suited to the task at hand," he continued via email."If someone were keeping a book of 'Things to do better in a future pandemic' it probably already has 1,000 pages.
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