I gave up reading The Lancet some time ago. They have a poor record frankly with this kind of thing, Andrew Wakefield et al chief among them. They should have been cancelled over that one.
Anyway, the larger point is that these established journals have failed us. Their added value, already low, has dropped below zero in this pandemic. They are slow, opaque, rent seeking parasitic entities seemingly run by individuals who don’t grasp basic statistics. The combination of preprint servers + twitter has proven far more effective in looking after humanity’s best interests.
Anyway, the larger point is that these established journals have failed us. Their added value, already low, has dropped below zero in this pandemic. They are slow, opaque, rent seeking parasitic entities seemingly run by individuals who don’t grasp basic statistics. The combination of preprint servers + twitter has proven far more effective in looking after humanity’s best interests.