The Lancet does this all the time. To add a few more examples to the sibling comments: The fraudulent HCQ paper*, the absurd Iraq war casualty calculation. In

The Lancet does this all the time. To add a few more examples to the sibling comments: The fraudulent HCQ paper*, the absurd Iraq war casualty calculation. In general, assume that whenever there's politics or the opportunity to shock, the Lancet won't be very thorough with its articles. * The conclusion being accidentally right doesn't cover for the fraudulent data.