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PHOTO: E. PETERSEN/ SCIENCE In June 2020, in the biggest research scandal of the pandemic so far, two of the most important medical journals each retracted a high-profile study of COVID-19 patients. Thousands of news articles, tweets, and scholarly commentaries highlighted the scandal, yet many researchers apparently failed to notice. In an examination of the most recent 200 academic articles published in 2020 that cite those papers, Science found that more than half—including many in leading journals—used the disgraced papers to support scientific findings and failed to note the retract...

The worst junk science of 2020 tied to the coronavirus pandemic Updated Dec 19, 2020; The startling spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has affected everyone and everything, junk science included. Each December, RealClearSciencerecalls the the most egregious examples of fraud, woo, fake treatments, and all other kinds of BS in the world of science over the preceding year. In 2020, every story with the distinct dishonor of making our list is linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Our roundup features perpetrators of misinformation, purveyors of ineffective and even dangerous “treatments”, ...