A study that is trending online claims that the COVID-19 vaccines caused new COVID-19 variants and increases in cases and deaths. The study uses data from a projection model that predicted COVID-19 infections and deaths without vaccines to conclude that vaccines increase infections and deaths. The study fails to correct for variants that are more transmissible or cause more severe illness and for the implementation of COVID-19 mitigation factors other than vaccines.
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