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The research investigates how censorship in publishing might influence the perceived consensus on COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy.

February 10, 2026Oncotarget0 citationsOpen Access

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Censorship in science: How publishing decisions could have shaped the perceived “general consensus” on COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy

PPPanagis PolykretisX-Fab (Germany)JLJanci C. LindsaySociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry PGPatrizia GentiliniX-Fab (Germany)

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The research investigates how censorship in publishing might influence the perceived consensus on COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy.
Analyzed publishing decisions regarding COVID-19 vaccine research
Reviewed literature on vaccine safety and efficacy
Evaluated the role of censorship in shaping scientific narratives
Censorship appears to have affected perceptions of vaccine safety and efficacy
General consensus may be misrepresented due to selective publication
Identified gaps in information regarding haematopoietic malignancies and cancer related to COVID-19 vaccines

Abstract

Panagis Polykretis 1 , 2 , Janci C. Lindsay 3 , Patrizia Gentilini 1 , 2 , Nafuko Konishi 4 and Masanori Fukushima 5 1 “Allineare Sanità e Salute” Foundation, Milano 20131, Italy 2 Independent Medical Scientific Commission (CMSi), Milano 20122, Italy 3 Toxicology and Molecular Biology, Toxicology Support Services, LLC., Sealy, TX 77474, USA 4 Osaka Metropolitan University School of Medicine, Osaka 545-0051, Japan 5 Learning Health Society Institute, Nagoya 450-0003, Japan Correspondence to: Keywords: cancer; haematopoietic malignancies; COVID-19; mRNA COVID-19 vaccine Received: December 26, 2025 Accepted: January 19, 2026 Published: February 06, 2026

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