Talk:Richard Horton (editor)

Former Lancet editor accused of cover-up
Former Lancet editor accused of cover-up. The British Medical Journal has published a detailed account of the failure of The Lancet editor Richard Horton to properly investigate the complaint made by Brian Deer about Dr. Andrew Wakefield's now infamous 1998 article. [Deer B. "Secrets of the MMR scare: The Lancet's two days to bury bad news." BMJ 342:c7001, 2011] This is the third article in the BMJ series about Wakefield's misconduct. Casewatch has posted the transcripts from the General Medical Council's hearings that ended with the revocation of Wakefield's medical license.

Brangifer (talk) 03:59, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Peter Duesberg quote
I deleted a scientifically obsolete quote from the Inventing the AIDS Virus article and want to post it in the Horton article. It is:


 * Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, wrote in The New York Review of Books that "The central role of HIV in the development of immunodeficiency is, in my view, established by the force of epidemiological and laboratory evidence. On this key issue, Duesberg is, I believe, in error," but "Duesberg has predicted, correctly, that the virus alone is not enough to explain all aspects of the immunodeficiency process."

I think it is encyclopedic here because Horton has apparently never renounced it. Operative67 (talk) 07:43, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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Paolo Macchiarini
No mention of Macchiarini's fraudulent and harmful trachea implants, and Horton's refusal to retract papers needs to be written about. https://retractionwatch.com/2018/07/06/the-final-verdict-lancet-retracts-two-papers-by-macchiarini/ Horton/Lancet declaring not guilty Macchiarini: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)00118-X/fulltext Lancet finally retarcting after public statements by Swedish authorities https://retractionwatch.com/2023/10/27/lancet-retracts-two-more-papers-by-convicted-surgeon-paolo-macchiarini/ 5.20.193.193 (talk) 18:32, 28 March 2024 (UTC)