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Re:Three authors retract study on hydroxychloroquine and chl... by ufmace on Thursday June 04, 2020 @06:22PM (#23422678)
Why assume it's economic? All of the signs point to political interest in my opinion. Trump said we should check it out, it might help. Therefore, we must destroy it, because Orange Man Bad.

Just because a President, or any man, is bad, doesn't automatically mean that every word he says is wrong. And if he really is that bad, why is it necessary to fabricate studies out of thin air in order to discredit something he said, complete with people dying because they couldn't get a medication that might have helped. If he is actually bad, the actual facts should be plenty to demonstrate it.

This doesn't even seem like a "conspiracy theory" to me. If you want to get into conspiracy theories, you'd have to start asking what else is getting this treatment.

Re:Three authors retract study on hydroxychloroquine and chl... by robocat on Thursday June 04, 2020 @06:34PM (#23422801)
Trying to jump to a political conclusion is a waste of time. It would make more sense that the study was fake science specifically designed to be discovered, to make Trump look better. See? It is just pointless to hypothesise without strong independent information, which is lacking at present.