Lancet editor blasts government for allowing thousands of needless coronavirus deaths

The Lancet’s editor has blasted the Government for allowing thousands  of needless coronavirus deaths and attacks Sage scientists for being the ‘PR wing’. Dr Richard Horton, who has been editor-in-chief of the prestigious Lancet for 25 years, said people have died as a result of ‘appalling misjudgements’. He said the Government was ‘glaringly unprepared’ for … Read more

Lancet paper warning against hydroxychloroquine retracted

A ‘scandalous’ and now retracted medical study which warned against using a drug championed by Donald Trump has flared accusations of political-point scoring.   The paper’s claim that hydroxychloroquine increases the risk of death in Covid-19 patients has been used by rivals as a stick to beat the US President, who has himself been taking the drug … Read more