Authors Retract Study That Found Risks of Using Antimalaria Drug Against Covid-19
Three authors involved in Lancet article that drew scrutiny said they couldn’t get full data set behind study
Three authors of a large study that last month found antimalarials provided no benefit to treating Covid-19 infections, while increasing the risk of heart problems and death, retracted their findings.
The authors said in a statement Thursday provided by The Lancet, the medical journal that published the study on May 22, that they decided to issue the retraction after Surgisphere Corp., the private company that provided the research data, refused to share the full, detailed data set as part of a review after outside researchers raised concerns.
“We always aspire to perform our research in accordance with the highest ethical and professional guidelines,” said the authors, Mandeep Mehra, Frank Ruschitzka and Amit Patel. “We can never forget the responsibility we have as researchers to scrupulously ensure that we rely on data sources that adhere to our high standards. Based on this development, we can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources.”
The authors also said they apologized for “any embarrassment or inconvenience that this may have caused.”
“The authors also said they apologized for “any embarrassment or inconvenience that this may have caused.”
Oh that’s ok guys, get out there and spin another big fat whopper of a lie and put it out like its gospel.