Infectious diseases and tropical medicine doctor, clinical researcher, HIV, opportunistic infections, fungal diseases, meningitis
Jun 5, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Both the #Lancetgate paper and the NEJM paper retracted. So what are the consequences for those who perpetrated and propagated what seems to be major scientific fraud in the midst of the worst global health crisis of the last century? Unfortunately, probably nothing 1/8
That’s an indication from @richardhorton1 about the approach the Lancet will be taking, and my Twitter feed is full of threads suggesting that the retractions are an indication of a functional system, or even that the authors should be “commended” on their retraction 2/8
May 31, 2020 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
The more I read the #Lancetgate#hydroxychloroquine study the more implausible any of it seems ~40% of ALL African #COVID19 deaths captured in a comprehensive electronic hospital database and cared for in beds with cardiac monitoring. No ethical approvals needed. Really? 1/15
I know there has been extensive comment on the paper, but as someone who has worked with a lot of routine hospital data in African settings I wanted to make a few specific comments. Link to the paper here thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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