[Ghostt8117]

There are a lot of comments questioning the political motives of publishing this research quickly. In medicine, if there is even a hint of increased risk of death, then studies are stopped. It happens a lot. In two weeks the journals published statements and corrections. Imagine if this same article was posted that said the drug was killing patients for two weeks, and the journals withheld the research because it was politically sensitive. This was a mistake, and human error and bias may have come into play, but it was a mistake that erred on the side of caution. Unfortunately, if the drug does prevent deaths, then it could also be just as bad an error. Hindsight is 20/20. I wish politics never entered this equation, and I blame the president for pushing politics into medicine during a pandemic. It was dangerous and these are the issues we are now facing.