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Frontiers Removes Controversial Ivermectin Paper Pre-Publication
- rolph 5y agoFrontiers ==[Frontiers in Pharmacology] After being contacted by The Scientist, the journal posted a statement from Frontiers’s chief executive editor, Frederick Fenter, saying that “Frontiers takes no position on the efficacy of ivermectin as a treatment of patients with COVID-19, however, we do take a very firm stance against unbalanced or unsupported scientific conclusions.” https://blog.frontiersin.org/2021/03/02/2-march-2021-media-statement/ https://blog.frontiersin.org/2021/03/02/2-march-2021-media-s...
- PaulHoule 5y agoImportant to note. This is not "censorship" this is "the system works" in respect to retraction.
- pragmar 5y agoThis happened in earlier in the year. The paper was subsequently published in The American Journal of Therapeutics. The full text is online if anyone is interested. https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/Fulltext/2021/06000/Review_of_the_Emerging_Evidence_Demonstrating_the.4.aspx https://journals.lww.com/americantherapeutics/Fulltext/2021/...