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James Todaro is not an honest scientist. I couldn't find any A-grade sources on him, but here's an interesting Wired piece: https://www.wired.com/story/an-old-m
by raphlinus 6y ago
James Todaro is not an honest scientist. I couldn't find any A-grade sources on him, but here's an interesting Wired piece: https://www.wired.com/story/an-old-malaria-drug-may-fight-covid-19-and-silicon-valleys-into-it/ https://www.wired.com/story/an-old-malaria-drug-may-fight-co...
If people don't know this story, Todaro and Rigano published what looked like an academic paper as a Google doc, with academic qualifications that verge on fraudulent, if not crossing the line. The original Google doc has been taken down for TOS violation, but it is still accessible on archive.org [1].
To be clear, I decry the fact that HCQ has become a political soccer match (with apparently bad behavior on both sides), where what we really need is something that at least approximates an impartial, objective search for truth.
The fact that people are getting their information from this guy (even though he's actually right about the Lancet study being flawed) is strong evidence that we're living in a dystopian information nightmare.
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20200315004631/https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTi-g18ftNZUMRAj2SwRPodtscFio7bJ7GdNgbJAGbdfF67WuRJB3ZsidgpidB2eocFHAVjIL-7deJ7/pub https://web.archive.org/web/20200315004631/https://docs.goog...