Categories for Data and Modelling
Heart Problems After Covid Are Much Worse for the Vaccinated, Nature Study Shows – But It’s Hidden in the Appendix
A study in Nature into heart problems after Covid finds they are much worse in the vaccinated – but this important finding is hidden in the appendix.
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Sweden Ranked Third in Pandemic League Table of 23 Rich Countries
Sweden has been ranked third out of 23 rich countries for economic performance during the pandemic. This dispels another lockdown myth: that if you don't lock down, fear of the virus causes the economy to crater.
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Vaccine Effectiveness Against Death Falls to Zero or Below, UKHSA Data Suggest
Analysis of UKHSA data finds vaccine effectiveness of two doses now highly negative against both infection and death. Three-dose effectiveness is negative against infection but strong against death, though slipping.
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Latest Mortality Figures Suggest That Vaccine Effectiveness Has Been Overestimated
Despite 95% of the elderly being vaccinated, mortality in December was 9% higher than the five-year average, with much of the excess due to Covid – another indication that vaccine effectiveness has been overestimated.
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Independent SAGE Graph in Viral Tweet Misleading: Omicron Is Mild in Children
In a recent viral tweet, the German Health Minister shared a graph suggesting that Omicron is a threat to children. Yet a new U.S. study shows that Omicron is significantly less deadly than Delta in under 5s.
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Some Countries’ Post-vaccination Waves Were Just as Deadly as Their Pre-vaccination Waves
Several countries have seen post-vaccination waves that were as or more deadly – in terms of excess mortality – than a pre-vaccination wave. This is hard to reconcile with claims of 90% effectiveness against death.
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More Evidence for the ‘Healthy Vaccinee’ Effect
Research from both the U.S. and the U.K. has found that vaccinated people are less likely to die of non-Covid causes. This suggests that vaccine effectiveness against severe Covid may has been overestimated.
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Do Covid Vaccines Reduce All-Cause Mortality? ONS Data Give Us No Reason to Think So
On closer inspection, the claim that ONS data support vaccine efficacy against death is cast into doubt because there is a range of fundamental inconsistencies and flaws.
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How We Know That Official Covid Deaths Are Overestimated
How do we know that official Covid deaths are overestimated? In the two-month period from March to April of 2021, more than 4,000 Covid deaths were recorded in England. Yet excess mortality was negative.
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Finnish Epidemiologist: The IFR of the Omicron Variant is 0.04%, About Half That of Seasonal Flu
According to Mikko Paunio, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Helsinki and an advisor to the Finnish Government, the IFR of Omicron is 0.04%, half that of seasonal flu.
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