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What a squeezed rubber ducky suggests about the lingering effects of vaccine misinformation

  • Written by Xingru Chen, Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Mathematics, Dartmouth College
imageBelieve it or not, this little guy has inspired new scientific thought about the COVID-19 vaccine.Peter Dazeley via Getty Images

The mutations in the coronavirus indicate that the virus is working hard to survive, with transmissible COVID-19 variants being detected around the world. These mutations have increased the urgency of vaccinating hundreds...

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