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Breakthrough Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine? Not so Fast.

Posted on February 2, 2021February 1, 2021

A medical website’s headline screamed, “Breakthrough Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine Shows Impressive Results In Study.” The New York Daily News joined in, highlighting a potential “breakthrough” vaccine. Other media outlets also were using similar adjectives last month. Unfortunately, it’s a little too hype-ish for me. I suspect some of it was was generated because the company sponsoring the research is BioNTech, which helped to develop one of the COVID-19 vaccines. Now, the…Continue Reading

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