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Re:Widely disseminated hydroxychlroquine study retracted by ... by jeffmcmahan on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:58PM (#23421053)
FWIW, that never occurs.

EDIT: Although it is currently being mentioned on the front pages of NYT, WaPo, and WSJ.

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Re:Widely disseminated hydroxychlroquine study retracted by ... by stcredzero on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:28PM (#23421362)
Aw hell, for the past several years, they're just fine with editing their posts and hoping their error falls down the digital "memory hole."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole

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Re:Widely disseminated hydroxychlroquine study retracted by ... by MaxBarraclough on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:30PM (#23421397)
Retractions are troublesome even if published prominently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#backfire_eff...

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Re:Widely disseminated hydroxychlroquine study retracted by ... by jansan on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:44PM (#23421523)
Oh, it happened in Germany in 1983 when the media realized that Hitler's diaries were fake. But that was one media outlet, who had purchased all the rights of the fake diaries, against all others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries

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