#ChineseCensorship Is Quietly Rewriting the #Covid19 Story. Under government pressure, #ChineseScientists have #retracted studies and #withheld or #DeletedData. The #censorship has stymied efforts to understand the #virus. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/chinese-censorship-is-quietly-rewriting-the-covid-19-story/

Consensus of the Most Likes: a paper is about to be #retracted but will that shift public opinion?

“Some readers noted seemingly disqualifying flaws in the methods…which included a survey funded by an anti-vaccine advocate...But their concerns were largely drowned out by Twitter and Substack accounts with collective followings in the millions who cheered the finding”

https://www.chronicle.com/article/this-questionable-study-caught-fire-in-anti-vaccine-circles-how-did-it-get-through-peer-review

Is the boy in this drawing #circumcised or #retracted ? I can’t tell. What do you think?

#Editors, you can get notifications from #ReferenceManagement #software when #science & #medical #research articles have been #retracted. Details in the links in the paragraph here that begins "Our list of retracted or withdrawn...": https://retractionwatch.com/2022/11/26/weekend-reads-what-should-happen-to-a-paper-by-theranos-diederik-stapel-continues-to-be-cited-a-scientist-accused-of-hiding-china-ties-wins-2-million/ .