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Medical journal The Lancet blasts RFK Jr.’s health work as a failure (arstechnica.com)

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“The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in one year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm,” the journal’s editorial board wrote in its latest issue.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The Lancet also published the Wakefield paper and refused to retract it for 12 years. Not the best journal to be throwing bricks.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

At the same time, an entire decade has passed since then. The hope would be that they became better in the intervening time.

Edit: After looking them up, apparently not so much. One of their more recent controversies was in 2022, where they published unsubstantiated misinformation around COVID, suggesting it came from an independent US-funded lab.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

The Lancet is a fucking joke. Editors are typical of cronies the MD community loves to build up. Most of their manuscripts have lists of "authors" who never even read the paper.

The Lancet also published a glowing review of one of Mehmet Oz's books.

MDs went insane during Covid, some claiming extraterrestrial origins.