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Was My Paper on Flu Vaccine Studies a “Hot Potato” for Editors?

Was My Paper on Flu Vaccine Studies a “Hot Potato” for Editors?

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Over the years, authors have shared a similar analytical strategy: Early respiratory events were considered differently from later respiratory events (on the assumption that no effect is expected until immunity is built up). “Early” has typically been within two weeks post-vaccination.

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Rethinking Polio

Rethinking Polio

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The prevailing understanding of poliovirus pathogenesis posits that the virus, following intestinal infection, gains access to the central nervous system through viremia and subsequent crossing of the blood-brain barrier. However, this model fails to explain several features of the historical polio epidemic.

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