WHY WAS THE PAPER ENTITLED "HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE OR CHLOROQUINE WITH OR WITHOUT A MACROLIDE FOR TREATMENT OF COVID-19: A MULTINATIONAL REGISTRY ANALYSIS " AUTHORED BY MEHRA ET AL. AND PUBLISHED IN LANCET [LANCET (2020) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(2013)31180-6 ] RETRACTED.

On or around May 22, 2020, a paper entitled  Following, several protestations with respect to the authenticity of the data presented in the said paper, Lancet had no choice but to retract the said paper. In view of the fact that the paper by Mehra et al. contain blatant instances of Data Fabrication, Data Falsification and Dishonest Scientific Reporting, it is legitimate to ask why the paper by Mehra et al. was accepted and published by Lancet in the first place. Was there any so-called peer review before the paper by Mehra et al. was accepted by Lancet. Who are the so-called experts who reviewed the paper by Mehra et al. Should Lancet and other outfits like Lancet initiate an investigation of their so-called independent peer review system.  Who is ultimately responsible for this fiasco. Should the Editor in Chief of Lancet take responsibility for the fiasco by voluntarily resigning and letting someone who is still working at the bench with his/her brains and hands take over. (The former minister of the United Kingdom, Michael Bates, Minister of State in the Department for International Development offered his resignation after being late for a question session by 1 minute). If the Editor in Chief does not wish to resign voluntarily, should the Managing Editors (if we know who they are) of Lancet fire the Editor in Chief of Lancet for being incompetent and ignorant at doing his job. Are there other papers at Lancet that contain Data Fabrication, Data Falsification and Dishonest Scientific Reporting.