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Cureus retracted his article, and now Steve Kirsch is suing

Post author By Orac
Post date March 7, 2024
44 Comments on Cureus retracted his article, and now Steve Kirsch is suing

Cureus retracted a misinformation-packed paper. Now Steve Kirsch and its authors are threatening to sue for $250 million. Hilarity quickly ensued.

Tags antivaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Cureus, Gregg Gonsalves, Jessica Rose, John Moore, M. Nathaniel Mead, Peter McCullough, Retraction Watch, Russ Wolfinger, Springer Nature, Stephanie Seneff, vaccines

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Cureus shockingly does the right thing and retracts an antivax review about COVID-19 vaccines

Post author By Orac
Post date February 20, 2024
47 Comments on Cureus shockingly does the right thing and retracts an antivax review about COVID-19 vaccines

Cureus retracts — The soon-to-be-retracted Cureus antivax article.

A misinformation-laden review article in Cureus by prominent antivax activists that called for a moratorium on COVID vaccination has been retracted. What took so long, and how could such a paper been published in the peer-reviewed literature in the first place?