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Data fabrication in COVID-19
Since 2019, when COVID-19 was first discovered, there have been numerous studies done on the side effects of certain medications that treat the disease. A study in The Lancet claimed to have looked at almost 100,000 COVID-19 patients. The study concluded that patients receiving the drug hydroxychloroquine were twice as likely to die as those who did not. The paper was quickly retracted after it was found that the study reported more COVID-19 deaths of enrolled patients in Australia than there were in all of Australia. A study conducted at Benha University in Egypt found that the use of ivermectin was very helpful in treating COVID-19. However, it was discovered that the study showed some patient records were duplicated, included patients who died before the study began, and that the introduction was plagiarized.