Governments and WHO changed Covid-19 policy based on suspect data from tiny US company

Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studiesThe World Health Organization and a number of national governments have changed their Covid-19 policies and treatments on the basis of flawed data from a little-known US healthcare analytics company, also calling into question the integrity of key studies published in some of the world ’s most prestigious medical journals.A Guardian investigation can reveal the US-based company Surgisphere, whose handful of employees appear to include a science fiction writer and an adult-content model, has provided data for multiple studies on Covid-19 co-authored by its chief executive, but has so far failed to adequately explain its data or methodology.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Davey in Melbourne and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Sarah Boseley in London Tags: Medical research World Health Organization Coronavirus outbreak World news Australia news Donald Trump US news Science UK news Source Type: news