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Originally Posted by pmax

Pure fraud.
The lesson here is to take everything from the "scientific community" with a grain of salt.

Lancet, NEJM retract controversial COVID-19 studies based on Surgisphere data
https://retractionwatch.com/2020/06/04/lancet-retracts-controversial-hydroxychloroquine-study/

Take anything from any community with a grain of salt.

In this case, note that it was the scientific community that called out the data problems. Sort of a real time peer review.