Was My Paper on Flu Vaccine Studies a “Hot Potato” for Editors?
Was My Paper on Flu Vaccine Studies a “Hot Potato” for Editors? by Eyal Shahar at Brownstone Institute I think the answer is “yes,” but here is the story for you to judge. Each year the CDC publishes estimates of the effectiveness of the flu vaccine in the previous season. Reported by several networks, these estimates are based on a research design that is called a test-negative case-control study. Over the years, the various authors have shared a similar analytical strategy: Early respiratory events were considered differently from later respiratory events (on the assumption that no effect…
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