Dr. Barry Dworkin

With the soon-to-arrive coronavirus vaccine, the predictable social media misrepresentations of risk have arisen.

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 7, 2020

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Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine could ship to Canada within 24 hours of approval, exec says

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