During the Covid-19 Pandemic, any information that went against the official narrative was deemed “anti-science” and “misinformation.” Now, many of the justifications for the official narrative, scientific papers, are now being retracted.
Retraction Watch reports 505 studies on Covid-19 have been retracted as of February 17, 2025. Retraction Watch Co-Founder Ivan Oransky told The College Fix, “Why do they feel the need to rush papers through? Well, it’s because that’s how they get or keep their jobs, that’s how they get grants, everything is based on that. When you know that your whole career depends on publishing papers in particular journals, you’re going to do what you have to do to publish those papers. Most of the time that means you work hard, you hire the smart grad students and postdocs.”
Scientists have retracted more than 500 COVID-19 papers since pandemic: watchdog group– www.lifesitenews.com
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As of February 17, Retraction Watch’s ongoing “Retracted coronavirus (COVID-19) papers” database lists 505 studies that have been retracted, plus 19 amended to include “expressions of concern” about their findings. The subjects of the papers (including essays, studies, and clinical trials) ranged from diagnosing COVID cases, hospital treatment, and vaccine effects to therapeutics, masking, social distancing, lockdowns, and more.
“Why do they feel the need to rush papers through? Well, it’s because that’s how they get or keep their jobs, that’s how they get grants, everything is based on that,” Retraction Watch co-founder Ivan Oransky told The College Fix. “When you know that your whole career depends on publishing papers in particular journals, you’re going to do what you have to do to publish those papers. Most of the time that means you work hard, you hire the smart grad students and postdocs.”
Oransky added that even when an organization withdraws a questionable paper, the level of explanation they offer as to why can vary significantly, giving proponents of the original conclusion room to insist it is still valid, and that it was pulled for political reasons rather than scientific.
Further, the biggest problem “is when papers aren’t retracted,” he said. “The problem is when papers sit in the literature, people know there’s a problem, but everybody refuses to do anything about them.”