Prof Christy makes the distinction - crucial to scientists - between draft papers for discussion and final, complete ones that go into academic journals and become part of the formal literature of science.

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The idea is to have a draft treaty ready for discussion by leaders at their January 30th summit, with a view to their signing it in March.

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Although the draft discussion questions for the committee mostly focus on the safety issues, I suspect that the efficacy data will actually play a more important role in determining how the committee votes.

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