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That's a potential part of what does and has come into play with 'peer reviewed' articles. In this case, we have no evidence of that; at least not at this time. But, if you bear the following in mind...
You will realize that pre-determined methods/solutions often get in the way of scientific research, 'discovery,' and new information.
One of the more infamous examples oft cited related to this was Continental Drift. If you go to that link and even to Wikipedia, the succinct 'history' of that theory, as presented, denotes the problem...
What is expressed, now, is...
What is downplayed...
Put more accurately... He was nearly run out of the profession. He wasn't a geologist. He was proposing a theory/hypothesis which could not be tested or refined by the technologies of the time; having to wait nearly 40 years for that to develop to a point where it could begin to be tested/refined and until...
Perhaps the most 'balanced' portrayal is by the USGS...
In short, Plate Tectonics is, in large part, the theory of Continental Drift with the major refinement of a spreading mechanism which couldn't be 'discovered' until the technology was available 40 - 50 years after Continental Drift was proposed. In other words, Wegener pretty much had it and had it right, given the information then available; but, because he didn't (and couldn't at that time) check all the boxes, it was something which remained unaccepted for another half century. Yet, not only did it send the scientific community down the right road for, but his theories also form the core of, how Science views the world today.
What you are seeing in relation to the 'science' surrounding COVID-19 and drugs/vaccines/treatments is exactly the same thing. Maybe it's happening a bit 'faster' then a half century; but, what doesn't happen more quickly these days? Well... other than Government, the Post Office, and a restoration of fundamental rights.
Originally posted by TrappedinCalifornia
One of the more infamous examples oft cited related to this was Continental Drift. If you go to that link and even to Wikipedia, the succinct 'history' of that theory, as presented, denotes the problem...
The concept was independently and more fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912, but his hypothesis was rejected by many for lack of any motive mechanism...
During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research, but today he is most remembered as the originator of the theory of continental drift by hypothesizing in 1912 that the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth...
Though he served in World War I and was wounded twice, he published his ideas in 1915. They constituted the first focused and rational argument for continental drift, but still they veered radically from the accepted beliefs of the time. Some scientists supported him. Still more scientists opposed him -- including his father-in-law, who seemed annoyed that Wegener had strayed from meteorology into the unknown territory of geophysics. The established reputation of many of his detractors probably gave more weight to their criticisms than was merited. Wegener often complained of their narrow-mindedness.
In 1960 Hess proposed the mechanism of sea-floor spreading, which would explain how the continents moved. Newly discovered exporation techniques were employed to prove this theory and ultimately, the correctness of Wegener's chief idea as well.
The theory of continental drift would become the spark that ignited a new way of viewing the Earth. But at the time Wegener introduced his theory, the scientific community firmly believed the continents and oceans to be permanent features on the Earth's surface. Not surprisingly, his proposal was not well received, even though it seemed to agree with the scientific information available at the time. A fatal weakness in Wegener's theory was that it could not satisfactorily answer the most fundamental question raised by his critics: What kind of forces could be strong enough to move such large masses of solid rock over such great distances?...
What you are seeing in relation to the 'science' surrounding COVID-19 and drugs/vaccines/treatments is exactly the same thing. Maybe it's happening a bit 'faster' then a half century; but, what doesn't happen more quickly these days? Well... other than Government, the Post Office, and a restoration of fundamental rights.
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