FAKE NEWS: The number of fatalities caused by anti-covid vaccines was kept secret

Demonstrators take part in a protest against the COVID-19 vaccination programme and vaccine passports in Parliament Square in London, Britain, 18 December 2021.
© EPA-EFE/VICKIE FLORES   |   Demonstrators take part in a protest against the COVID-19 vaccination programme and vaccine passports in Parliament Square in London, Britain, 18 December 2021.

Data linking the global increase in excess deaths to anti-Covid vaccines has been kep secret, conspiracy theorists say.

NEWS: A number of Norwegian scientists have sounded the alarm after a major study of international mortality figures revealed a global cover-up of excess deaths among people who took the vaccine.

While the link between fatalities and anti-Covid vaccines is not new, researchers have found evidence that official data reporting has been manipulated to hide the link to the serums. They uncovered previously unreported data proving that excess fatalities skyrocketed among those vaccinated.

In addition, scientists found that previous studies showing high mortality rates among the unvaccinated population had selectively used data from unhealthy cohorts. This manipulative attempt tried to suggest to the public that people who refused to get vaccinated died. [...]

The study found that fatalities from all causes increased among those vaccinated in the months following the release of Covid vaccines. [...] The study comes amid mounting evidence linking anti-Covid “vaccines” to a global increase in deaths and deadly diseases.

NARRATIVE: The death rate among those vaccinated against Covid is higher than among the unvaccinated population.

PURPOSE: To promote conspiracy discourse, to undermine trust in the healthcare system and, by extension, in state authorities, to stir and amplify social unrest, to validate previously promoted conspiracy theories.

The study is not peer-reviewed and as such it cannot represent a scientific point of reference

WHY THE NARRATIVE IS FALSE: The study in question has no connection to any initiative supported or undertaken by the Norwegian state or even by “a group of Norwegian scientists”, as the author claims. The study is signed only by Jarle Aarstad, a Norwegian professor of innovation and entrepreneurship, without any real expertise in the medical field. In fact, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Aarstad has repeatedly spoken out against the measures taken by authorities to prevent the spread of the disease, also claiming that vaccines are not effective and at the same time cause a significant number of serious side effects. In February 2023, he published a preprint version of a study claiming to have found that countries with high vaccination rates also have high excess mortality. The study was met with criticism by epidemiology professionals, who said that Aarstad's research structure was not suitable for drawing conclusions about the effectiveness of vaccines.

Moreover, the study analyzed in this article has already been met with reserve by the scientific community, which criticizes it for the lack of clear explanations underlying the conclusions reached and also offers a series of explanations that derive from scientific and medical practice.

For instance, post-pandemic mortality among vulnerable categories (elderly people, those who already suffered from chronic illness), is easily explained by natural causes (age) or related to existing medical history. Thus, British professor Gregory Barnsley from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, argues that while vaccine effects in clinical trials tend to be stronger, because manufacturers recruit healthy volunteers for these tests, they may lose their effectiveness in mass vaccination campaigns, especially in anti-Covid campaigns which specifically target vulnerable populations. Thus, it becomes very obvious that those already suffering from chronic diseases but are prioritized for anti-Covid vaccination, did not recover from the pre-existing disease, which ultimately led, in many cases, to the death of vaccinated individuals. Moreover, the study completely disregards the period of time from the moment of vaccination to the time of death, nor does it differentiate between subjects based on ethnicity, age, genetic predispositions and other criteria. In conclusion, Gregory Barnsley argues, the methodology used “cannot be convincingly adjusted” so that the two groups (vaccinated vs. unvaccinated) can be compared objectively.

We cannot help but notice that the study focuses on excess mortality in the United Kingdom, not in Norway, and Aarstad extrapolates the data of British authorities to the entire world, simply because “the data for England is typical for most other Western nations, including the United States, Canada, Australia and the rest of Europe, because the same “vaccines” and similar pandemic protocols have been implemented”, also without taking into account other criteria, such as the fact that certain categories of the population are prone to developing chronic diseases, depending on geographical location, lifestyle, diet, etc.

In fact, official data published by health agencies in the United Kingdom shows that the number of fatalities resulted “from any number of causes” in England was higher among the unvaccinated population than among those who received at least one dose of the anti-Covid vaccine, for each month of the data set from April 2021 to May 2023, despite the excess mortality of the vaccinated, invoked by the Norwegian researcher.

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BACKGROUND: False narratives about the effectiveness and effects of vaccination have been circulating for many years, however, having multiple sources. They have become a lot more visible after the development of anti-Covid vaccines. Thus, genuine anti-vaccine movements have emerged in many countries, strongly influenced by some of these narratives, which they take over, internalize and amplify. They fit into a broader context, which speaks of the existence of secretive plan (the Great Health Reset) at global level, which seeks to reduce the planet's population and/or control it completely. Such conspiracy theories are circulated by various publications or individuals with ultra-religious, conservative views, but they are also taken over and used by politicians for electoral purposes, or by people known to be close to Russia and its foreign policy.    through which it seeks to destabilize Western societies.    

According to conspiracy theorists, right now, the population is getting sick both through foods “forced on them” by the global occult, and through almost any medical intervention, in order to exercise control over the thoughts and movements of those affected. At the same time, conspiracy theorists claim that, from now on, humanity will be constantly confronted with imaginary pandemics which, on the one hand, will kill most people, and on the other, will suppress the individual rights and freedoms of anyone left alive.

Several conservative publications take up these false narratives and, over the years, seek to validate their own anti-vaccine theories by citing pseudo-experts, anonymous websites, or by falsely citing various studies, events, or personalities with no connection to the medical world. Veridica has already debunked several fake news and disinformation narratives concerning vaccines, which either introduce nanobots into the human body to achieve total control, or cause sterility across three generations and mental illnesses, reduce the life span of men by 24 years, or cause physical disabilities, testicular cancer, myocarditis, and even death in people who take the jab.

The article in question is, in fact, a translation of another article published by Slay News, known for promoting almost exclusively fake news and disinformation. Launched in 2021, the website describes itself as “pro-freedom of expression”, “putting people before corporate interests or political agendas”. Its owners are anonymous, and its funding sources are unknown. According to the Media Bias website, Slay News does not produce original journalism, but rather provides summaries, comments, or plagiarizes the news content of others without specifying the original source. In editorial terms, all Slay News “stories” favor the conservative right and often promote conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. On a separate side note, Slay News strongly supports US president Donald Trump, while pursuing a policy of denigrating Democrats.  

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