Vaccine advocates were warning that this would happen months before any vaccine garnered emergency use approval. The law of large numbers says that when you vaccinate tens of millions of people in a short period of time by random chance alone some will die of unrelated causes.https://twitter.com/HealthWatch123/status/1375071602556166146 …
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Predictably, reporters with little understanding of epidemiology, statistics, or large numbers have leapt on reports of deaths after
#CovidVaccine and left the impression that the vaccine caused the deaths, even though in pretty much every case there is no evidence of a link.4 replies 13 retweets 68 likesShow this thread -
Antivaxxers then weaponize these news stories, removing even the minimal nuance brought by a desultory quote from a health expert pointing out that there is almost certainly no link and turning the narrative to strongly imply that
#CovidVaccine caused the deaths. /end5 replies 8 retweets 60 likesShow this thread -
David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Dan
A lot of these reports are not materially different than this.https://twitter.com/Eodyne1/status/1375083624329003010 …
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Ha! The grammar pedant in me is annoyed at my first Tweet, hence, a rewording will follow…
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Health Watch
Months before a vaccine won emergency use approval, vaccine advocates warned that this would happen. The law of large numbers says that, when you vaccinate tens of millions of people in a short period of time, by random chance alone, some will die soon after of unrelated causes.https://twitter.com/HealthWatch123/status/1375071602556166146 …
David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
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