The researchers concluded: “For three deaths prevented by vaccination we have to accept two inflicted by vaccination.”

Walach, an author of the studytold Retraction Watch, a website that reported on the aftermath of the study, that he does not agree with the expression of concern, saying “we have used and analyzed the data correctly, and not incorrectly. But that the data are less than optimal is clear to everyone and we said so in our paper. The purpose is to generate enough momentum for governments and researchers to finally create the good data that are long overdue.”

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Liz Wheeler stated on June 30, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A “peer reviewed, scientific study showed that the COVID-19 vaccine causes two deaths for every three lives it saves.”

Journal discredits study it published claiming a COVID-19 vaccine causes deaths

7/2/21

Conservative commentator Liz Wheeler… on her June 30 Facebook show….

She claimed that a “peer reviewed, scientific study showed that the COVID-19 vaccine causes two deaths for every three lives it saves.”

…her show’s episode was headlined: “The Vaccine Study You’re Not Allowed To See.” …

The video was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news….

What Wheeler didn’t report was that two days before her video was posted on Facebook, the journal that published the study posted a notice raising serious questions about it.

The study, “The Safety of COVID-19 Vaccinations — We Should Rethink the Policy,” was done by three European researchers, led by Harald Walach, professor at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland.

The researchers said that they calculated from a large Israeli field study the number of people who needed to be vaccinated to prevent one death; and that they used the Adverse Drug Reactions database of the European Medicines Agency and of the Dutch National Register to get the number of vaccination cases “reporting severe side effects and the number of cases with fatal side effects.”

The researchers concluded: “For three deaths prevented by vaccination we have to accept two inflicted by vaccination.” …

Walach, an author of the studytold Retraction Watch, a website that reported on the aftermath of the study, that he does not agree with the expression of concern, saying “we have used and analyzed the data correctly, and not incorrectly. But that the data are less than optimal is clear to everyone and we said so in our paper. The purpose is to generate enough momentum for governments and researchers to finally create the good data that are long overdue.”

Our Sources

Facebook, Liz Wheeler video podcast, June 30, 2021

Vaccines, “The Safety of COVID-19 Vaccinations—We Should Rethink the Policy,” June 24, 2021

Vaccines, “Expression of Concern: Walach et al. The Safety of COVID-19 Vaccinations—We Should Rethink the Policy. Vaccines 2021, 9, 693,” June 28, 2021

Retraction Watch, “Paper claiming two deaths from COVID-19 vaccination for every three prevented cases earns expression of concern,” June 29, 2021

Lead Stories, “Fact Check: Like VAERS, European Union’s Online List Of Suspected Vaccine Reactions Does NOT Establish Proof Vaccine Caused Deaths,” June 28, 2021

European Medicines Agency, “COVID-19 important messages,” accessed June 30, 2021

Twitter, Katie Ewer tweet, June 27, 2021

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