A false analysis that was originally published in September claims that COVID-19 vaccines have caused 17 million deaths. Several vaccine opponents are recirculating the report.
The persistence and recent resurgence of this false claim increases its risk. Debunking messaging may highlight that the report is not peer-reviewed and uses flawed methods to draw conclusions with insufficient evidence. The analysis concludes that excess deaths after the COVID-19 vaccine rollout were vaccine-related, ignoring that these deaths closely correspond with spikes in COVID-19 infection, not COVID-19 vaccination. Moreover, higher vaccination rates do not correspond to higher excess deaths.
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