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> the editors seemed to address the issue he raised only after he and his colleagues submitted a comment article

Yikes. And the Lancet is generally regarded as a very reputable source. After reading the linked post I think I understand their initial defense, a little anyway.

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As a social scientist, I'd question that. I have seen so much bad social science done in the Lancet that I groan when I hear the name. YMMV, because doctors are in general pretty dumb about social science; maybe it is a great journal in other fields.

Lancet was the journal to publish the vaccine and Autism link and the editor famously gave an interview during Covid about how they chose articles to advance certain issues.

Yes it is true.

But Jennifer Ann McCarthy and Oprah Winfrey were a lot more pivotal in starting this problem with real and avoidable children deaths more so than a fraudulent RCT from a now unlicensed charlatan.

I believe it is important to remember people's contribution to problems and where they sat on which side of history.

Isn't The Lancet infamous for high profile retractions?

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