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that defyccc link was from a comment in the OP's post, there are other links from the same source site:

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/05/24/doubts-abo...

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/05/25/hydroxychl...

Weight? Is that like belief? Note the authors admit the data is unavailable.

Because the Lancet has a bad reputation for publishing poor quality research:

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/05/25/this-contr...

Edit: I'm not saying denyccc is good! I'm pointing out that Lancet is bad too. Lancet has killed more people with its decade long defense of the Wakefield autism vaccine hoax than all the good it has done with its legitimate research.