barnstormer, it’s good to hear from you. I respect and understand your opinion. I believe that the peer-review process is either complete, or close to being complete. Also, the peer-review process is journal specific. So, if you start the peer-review process with the NEJM, you would usually wait until the peer-review process is complete with NEJM, and then wait until the NEJM gives you a publication date.
It would be tough to change journals during the peer-review process. NWBio would have to start the process all over again.