A debunked analysis claiming that COVID-19 vaccines caused 17 million deaths has resurfaced again online, gaining considerable attention in the last week.
This claim has circulated multiple times since the so-called study was published in September, suggesting that its false conclusion has staying power in anti-vaccine spaces. Prebunking talking points may explain that higher vaccination rates do not correspond to higher excess deaths. Debunking messaging may highlight that the report is not peer-reviewed and uses flawed methods to draw conclusions with insufficient evidence.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.
