JKUAN108 t1_iu7jsul wrote
> Abstract
>Recently, an article by Seneff et al. entitled “Innate immunosuppression by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations: The role of G-quadruplexes, exosomes, and MicroRNAs” was published in Food and Chemical Toxicology (FCT). Here, we describe why this article, which contains unsubstantiated claims and misunderstandings such as “billions of lives are potentially at risk” with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, is problematic and should be retracted. We report here our request to the editor of FCT to have our rebuttal published, unfortunately rejected after three rounds of reviewing. Fighting the spread of false information requires enormous effort while receiving little or no credit for this necessary work, which often even ends up being threatened. This need for more scientific integrity is at the heart of our advocacy, and we call for large support, especially from editors and publishers, to fight more effectively against deadly disinformation.
kanuck84 t1_iu8grl9 wrote
Wow, the authors really did not pull any punches, eh?
> The problem … is when seemingly rigorous scientific journals publish false science under pressure from the Editor in order to increase their impact factors points and, they think, notoriety. Such an attitude is also predatory and authors, editors and publishers of such articles should be publicly condemned by the scientific community.
> This technique of using science to vehiculate nonsense has been named ‘agnotology’ by Robert N. Proctor, which he defines as “the study of deliberate, culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product or win favor, particularly through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data” [9]. There is some similarity between the connivance of the tobacco industry with some ‘key opinion leaders’ who made the propaganda in favor of tobacco consumption …
edzimous t1_iu921e6 wrote
I’m reminded of Thomas Midgley reading this
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