Influential hydroxychloroquine study used suspect data from company run by pornographic model and sci-fi author

By David Hogberg

Published June 3, 2020 3:50pm ET

Influential hydroxychloroquine study used suspect data from company run by pornographic model and sci-fi author — Dr. Robin Armstrong holds a bottle of hydroxychloroquine while posing outside The Resort at Texas City nursing home, where he is the medical director. A new survey shows that the drug has become politicized.

A study showing that the anti-malaria drug touted by President Trump, hydroxychloroquine, harmed COVID-19 patients is likely based on fabricated data.

An investigation by the Guardian found that the study, published in the Lancet (a prestigious medical journal), relied on data from a company called Surgisphere that appears to be highly suspect. The Lancet released an “expression of concern” about the study during the investigation.