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Tuesday, June 9 2020 Dive In |
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That’s JK Rowling trying to explain why she isn’t transphobic. But that’s after she first tweeted: “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?”—intended as a pointed dig at the debate over categories of ‘male’ and ‘female’ in an increasingly gender-fluid world. Many of her fans are very angry. CBS News has more. Illustration: Parth Savla |
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3 Indian docs + 2 medical studies = 1 big scandal |
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The TLDR: This is the story of how two of the most prestigious medical journals in the world were conned by an Indian CEO of an obscure company with a shady background. Also in the mix: His brother-in-law and a leading cardiac surgeon.
The 2 medical studies Over the past week, Lancet Journal and the New England Journal of Medicine published an “expression of concern”—i.e. questioned the veracity of—over two studies each had published.
Both were on the subject of Covid-19 treatment. The NEJM study looked at the effect of blood pressure medication on Covid patients. The Lancet paper—which became a bigger deal—claimed that the anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine was both ineffective and unsafe—triggering dangerous side-effects when used to treat Covid.
Both studies also had a common set of authors: three doctors of Indian origin.
The 3 Indian doctors Here are the NRIs at the heart of the scandal, some more implicated in this mess than the others:
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