Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga
Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn.
Given the amount of discussion of this paper on this forum over the years, I thought it worth noting that it has (finally) been retracted.
This paper should never have been published — or it should have been retracted immediately after its publication – Elisabeth Bik (image-forensics specialist and scientific-integrity consultant)
Original (now retracted) paper: