Fighting the Flu

“The story of the development of the vaccines for Influenza A is not … a pitched battle, but a long campaign — the slow, bit-by-bit accumulation of data in which one doctor builds upon the laboratory experience of another.”

Fighting the Flu

TL;DR

  • Influenza A vaccine development was a long campaign.
  • It was characterized by gradual data accumulation.
  • One doctor's work built on another's laboratory experience.