"With these survey data, the total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 inoculation may be as high as 278,000 (95% CI 217,330–332,608) when fatalities that may have occurred regardless of inoculation are removed."
I really don't have time to discuss this in detail, but that paper appears absolutely ridiculous to me. They sampled 2840 people and extrapolated their results to the 330+ MILLION people in the U.S. That's insane. Why not simply get the data for the whole U.S. that already exists?
Then they ask about whether the participants "knew someone"! That's insane, that's not scientific. How do they know how many people their respondents know? They write,
"Those who knew someone who experienced a health problem from COVID-19 were more likely to be vaccinated (OR: 1.309, 95% CI 1.094–1.566), while those who knew someone who experienced a health problem following vaccination were less likely to be vaccinated (OR: 0.567, 95% CI 0.461–0.698). "
How does that even have any bearing on the conclusion: "With these survey data, the total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 inoculation may be as high as 278,000 (95% CI 217,330–332,608) when fatalities that may have occurred regardless of inoculation are removed."
You cant get the data. It is not reported in many nations and has ceased to be disclosed after many months of regular presentation (May 2021) in many others.
But the data are easily available for the U.S. In fact, here is a webpage from the White House itself, with a beautiful graph showing both COVID-19 deaths and unexplained "excess deaths":
"For the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that excess deaths between the weeks ending March 7, 2020 and March 5, 2022 totaled 1,105,736, 15 percent more than the 958,864 official death toll from COVID-19 over that period.[1] Figure 1 shows excess deaths in the United States over time, along with reported deaths from COVID-19. As shown in the figure, while the number of excess deaths is correlated with reported COVID-19 deaths, in general, excess deaths exceed reported COVID-19 deaths."
"With these survey data, the total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 inoculation may be as high as 278,000 (95% CI 217,330–332,608) when fatalities that may have occurred regardless of inoculation are removed."
I really don't have time to discuss this in detail, but that paper appears absolutely ridiculous to me. They sampled 2840 people and extrapolated their results to the 330+ MILLION people in the U.S. That's insane. Why not simply get the data for the whole U.S. that already exists?
Then they ask about whether the participants "knew someone"! That's insane, that's not scientific. How do they know how many people their respondents know? They write,
"Those who knew someone who experienced a health problem from COVID-19 were more likely to be vaccinated (OR: 1.309, 95% CI 1.094–1.566), while those who knew someone who experienced a health problem following vaccination were less likely to be vaccinated (OR: 0.567, 95% CI 0.461–0.698). "
How does that even have any bearing on the conclusion: "With these survey data, the total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 inoculation may be as high as 278,000 (95% CI 217,330–332,608) when fatalities that may have occurred regardless of inoculation are removed."
?
You cant get the data. It is not reported in many nations and has ceased to be disclosed after many months of regular presentation (May 2021) in many others.
Why would this be?
Extrapolations are all that is remaining.
But the data are easily available for the U.S. In fact, here is a webpage from the White House itself, with a beautiful graph showing both COVID-19 deaths and unexplained "excess deaths":
https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/07/12/excess-mortality-during-the-pandemic-the-role-of-health-insurance/
From that webpage:
"For the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that excess deaths between the weeks ending March 7, 2020 and March 5, 2022 totaled 1,105,736, 15 percent more than the 958,864 official death toll from COVID-19 over that period.[1] Figure 1 shows excess deaths in the United States over time, along with reported deaths from COVID-19. As shown in the figure, while the number of excess deaths is correlated with reported COVID-19 deaths, in general, excess deaths exceed reported COVID-19 deaths."