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I am staring to think protection is negative for all vaccines in the first few days after initial exposure. This is how the COVID vaccines fueled outbreaks.

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I cannot conceive of any mechanism whereby mixing a vaccine with an injectable analgesic or anesthetic would make the vaccine a live virus. However, see below.

I looked at the Lancet article and could not see whether the surveyors determined whether there was a high prevalence of autoimmune disorders on Samoa. The disorders are all hinky, and it is possible that something beyond my understanding is taking place.

Didn't Samoa experience a lens well piercing several decades ago? Lens wells are potential breeding grounds for the next Andromeda Strain.

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