A comedian and political commentator who is a vocal opponent of COVID-19 vaccination resurfaced a paper that was uploaded and quickly pulled from the Lancet’s preprint database. The study, which claims to have found that vaccines were the cause of death in 74 percent of autopsies of vaccinated people, was removed from the database for violating the journal’s screening criteria and failing to support its conclusions. Vaccine opponents continue to claim that the study’s removal is censorship.
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This conspiracy has been circulating since early July, and its promotion by a left-leaning commentator may increase its reach. Debunking messaging may continue to emphasize the poor quality of the study and the fact that no legitimate journal ever peer-reviewed or published it. Messaging may also emphasize how vaccine opponents use non-peer reviewed, low-quality, and retracted studies to advance anti-vaccine talking points. Fact Checking Source(s): Health Feedback, Lead Stories
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