Excess risk of severe events
A controversial physician claims a re-analysis of mRNA vaccine data proves excess risk of severe events, but the study’s own data shows no significant difference, contradicting the claim.
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A controversial physician claims a re-analysis of mRNA vaccine data proves excess risk of severe events, but the study’s own data shows no significant difference, contradicting the claim.
This week we once again take a look at cardiac events in athletes, an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, and whether the CDC is hiding “safety signals.”
A claim about “hidden” CDC safety signals is based on misleading use of publicly available VAERS data, which is unverified and not proof of vaccine danger.
COVID variants arise from the virus’s natural mutation process, not from vaccines, as viral mutation is inherent to its nature.
Claims of increased athlete cardiac events linked to COVID vaccines are misleading; such incidents occurred pre-vaccine and can also result from COVID itself or unrelated causes.
This week, we are reviewing our most popular newsletter COVID stories of 2022. Next week, we will look at the non-COVID stories, so don’t miss that.
The Florida Surgeon General’s recommendation against COVID vaccines for young men is based on a flawed, unpublished analysis, while studies show that myocarditis risk from COVID is higher than from vaccines.
Anti-vaccine claims that the COVID vaccine causes various health issues lack evidence, while these conditions are actually linked to COVID itself.
Celebrity health issues and deaths in 2022 have been wrongly linked to vaccines without evidence, despite the actual causes being unrelated.
Check out this week’s debunking of the shill gambit, claims about gene therapy, and to learn more about stiff person syndrome.