False claim circulates that Czech data reveals that COVID-19 vaccines are deadly

A tech entrepreneur well known for promoting vaccine conspiracy theories claims in a recent blog post that Czech data proves that COVID-19 vaccines are deadly. The post includes an analysis that compares all-cause death rates between people who received Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, while completely omitting death rates among unvaccinated people. The analysis found that all-cause deaths were higher among Moderna vaccine recipients compared to Pfizer vaccine recipients, which is being boasted as proof that the vaccines increased all-cause deaths.

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