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 Over 300 covid related articles have been retracted so far.  Most of them due to crappy research methods–super small sample sizes or studies that were just amplification of original crappy research.  Some because they didn’t meet the agenda.

Some of the studies that were retracted were because they were fraudulent (remember how the public was told that a medication (hydroxychloroquine) that had been used for years with little to no adverse reactions was harmful and that people were dying from it?).   Need I even mention studies and the FDA referring to ivermectin as horse paste?

Retraction Watch has a list of retracted studies here.  I’ve put a couple below just for shits and grins.   You might find some to be interesting.

“Countering fake news in the COVID-19 era: The public’s opinion on the role of an honest and reliable website,” published on November 17, 2020 in Early Human Development; retracted sometime in March, 2021. See our coverage here.

“COVID-19 as an “infodemic” in public health: Critical role of the social media,” published on March 18, 2021 in Frontiers in Public Health; retracted on December 23, 2022.

“Decrease in Hospitalizations for COVID-19 after Mask Mandates in 1083 U.S. Counties,” medRxiv preprint posted on October 23, 2020 and withdrawn on November 4, 2020.

“Anal swab as the potentially optimal specimen for SARS-CoV-2 detection to evaluate the hospital discharge of COVID-19 patients,” published on August 14, 2020 in Future Microbiology; retracted on April 13 2021.

1. “Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis,” published on November 22, 2020 in Medical Hypotheses; retracted on or about May 3, 2021. Our coverage here.

1. “Real World Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines against Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States,” preprint posted on April 23, 2021 in medRxiv; retracted on August 31, 2021.

1. “Remdesivir Efficacy in COVID-19 Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” published on September 10, 2021 in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; retracted on September 2, 2022.