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Paul Bourdon

Paul Bourdon is Professor of Mathematics, General Faculty, University of Virginia (Retired); Formerly, Cincinnati Professor of Mathematics, Washington & Lee University

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A Failure to Disclose Competing Interests

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This is a story of an author who promoted COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adolescents while failing to disclose significant competing interests (e.g., his holding of an unrestricted research grant from Pfizer). This is also a story of a failure of the author’s publisher Nature Reviews Cardiology to enforce Nature Portfolio’s declaration-of-competing-interests policy.

Myocarditis Misinformation From “Trusted Sources”

Myocarditis Misinformation From “Trusted Sources”

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In the long run, COVID-19 vaccination provides little or no protection from infection. Thus, an analysis of risks versus benefits of vaccination must assess to what extent will vaccination reduce the number of infections a vaccinated person will experience and to what extent, if any, will vaccination reduce the incidence and/or severity of adverse outcomes associated with infections.

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