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> The problem with leaky vaccines, Read says, is that they enable pathogens to replicate unchecked while also protecting hosts from illness and death, thereby r
by wahern 7y ago
> The problem with leaky vaccines, Read says, is that they enable pathogens to replicate unchecked while also protecting hosts from illness and death, thereby removing the costs associated with increased virulence.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-vaccines-can-drive-pathogens-to-evolve-20180510/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-vaccines-can-drive-pathog...
NB: I thought I stumbled upon the above article--or one like it--through HN within the past few days, but I can't find the post. Maybe I found it following some other article link. shrug
- lowdose 7y agoThis is a recurring pattern right? Like after article one is posted a few days later somebody went through an interesting rabbit hole and shares his new found knowledge with a new link. Or is this a second order effect from an echo chamber?