13/n Their statistical methodology is...frankly really bizarre They had SPSS but looked up p-values by hand in paper tables? Wildpic.twitter.com/JSA6NMy2Hy
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23/n But we're left with the depressing realization that somehow EVERYONE MISSED THIS I reviewed the study. While I noted concerns with the way it was reported, I never even checked to see if it was fraud
24/n How can it be that a study this problematic was used as evidence to treat 1,000s of people since November 2020, and no one noticed? No one cared?
25/n Anyway, the TL:DR is that the largest study to date of ivermectin for COVID-19, which found a HUGE benefit for the drug, has just been retracted amid very serious concerns about plagiarism and fraud This will echo in the scientific community for years to come
26/n While it is still certainly possible that ivermectin works for COVID-19, this has made a huge dent in that possibility. I await the large studies that are currently being conducted, because we really have no good evidence to rely on
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