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2024-02-23 04:41:39 UTC - HELPFUL
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Cureus is considered to be a predatory journal, but even Cureus is retracting this paper. McCullough already lost his accreditation for spreading misinformation, & had previous papers retracted. Kirsch has no medical or biological qualifications whatsoever. https://retractionwatch.com/2024/02/19/paper-claiming-extensive-harms-of-covid-19-vaccines-to-be-retracted/ https://www.techarp.com/science/dr-peter-mccullough-decertified/ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/02/20/cureus-shockingly-does-the-right-thing-and-retracts-an-antivax-review-about-covid-19-vaccines/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/scicheck-review-article-by-misinformation-spreaders-misleads-about-mrna-covid-19-vaccines/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146280621002267?via%3Dihub https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4496137 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kirsch
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