Article uses out-of-context U.K. data to claim vaccines are ineffective

An article on a U.K. conspiracy website misrepresents a Health Security Agency report, claiming that 90 percent of COVID-19 deaths in England were fully vaccinated. The article does not take into account that the most vaccinated group in the U.K. is the elderly, who are also most at risk of dying from COVID-19. More than 95 percent of U.K. residents aged 65 or older and 100 percent of those in their 70s are fully vaccinated.

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