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Group’s second paper on potential treatments for Covid-19 is retracted

2 pointsby wyrmover 3 years ago

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ABeeSeaover 3 years ago
&gt; First, the reported baseline variables showed that the distribution of one variable was highly statistically different in the two study groups. Second, two variables showed different rounding to significant figures in the two groups. Third, for two variables, there was a different distribution of the variables when moving through the groups. It is unclear how these variations could occur in a correctly performed trial so that serious doubts must arise on the randomization process and on the data validity. These doubts are reinforced by the equal gender distribution even though gender was not stated to be an inclusion parameter by the authors.<p>Not surprising at all.