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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 44 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

in what might be a coincidence, he looks like french doc who promoted then untested hydroxychloroquine for covid (now we know it doesn't and couldn't work)

[–] TheYojimbo@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Don't know if you're joking but that is Didier Raoult (the french doctor you're talking about).

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

may his name be lost to history, i wasn't sure at first and he's not relevant anymore

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

He and his institute are now dealing with a criminal investigation by the French government. He was doing drug trials on children without consent.

His bullshit HCQ paper was never retracted. The Editor of the journal was an author.

https://www.science.org/content/article/unearthed-university-investigation-found-research-ethics-failings-french-medical

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

True story about Raoult: he's been promoting HCQ since the 90s as a cure for everything and every time the trials have failed. When he jumped on the COVID bandwagon, the paper was submitted, reviewed and published in 24 hours. I known this clown since the HIV claims in the 90s.

Despite this, none of the press looked into this guy's background because the agenda was to provide a quick fix to the Trump government's incompetetant dealing with a new pandemic, despite having a playbook handed to them by Obama.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

That's him indeed

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but they never boofed hydroxychloroquine... so much for scientific method