Yeah it would be. But unfortunately the ones deciding these things for us are the same people who are doing these things.
The same is happening with Windows 11 as well. People don't want to upgrade to it. With its pervasive adware and information gathering. The only reason the company I work for is buying Windows 11, is that you can't buy Windows 10 anymore.
Most probably they are subcontractors of this one.
And the fact that they haven't tells you all you need to know about their motives.
Indoctrination to dehumanise the enemy is par for course for any military at war. Though Russia seems to be upping it a bit.
That is to be expected with cutting edge research. Studies get retracted all the time. The vetting process is not perfect and never can be. Especially when there are bad actors gaming the system.
You could attack Lancet and Elsevier in general on other grounds. But this in my opinion is not one of them.
They also publish almost all cutting edge medical research. So what's your point?
I had the same experience with Arthur C. Clarke.
He moved to Sri Lanka to dodge all the accusations of pedophilia. It was all hushed up. As was the custom at the time.
Don't forget high marsed. This has been a collab between the two.
This so much. The US in general has a problem of having people who are ostensibly above the law.
The police have qualified immunity. SCOTUS has no real check on their conduct. And now the president is immune from prosecution.
Internationally the US has no regard for International law. They have refused to be bound by several crucial international treaties.
More likely he would have been "removed" if he did that.