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There are "unequivocal safety signals" for heart, blood and reproduction problems in Yellow Card vaccine data, a top U.K. scientist has warned, saying: "Withdraw them immediately."
Full Fact has 'fact-checked' recent statements about the Covid vaccines by MP Andrew Bridgen, claiming he has "put lives at risk" – but expert group HART picks up Full Fact's errors and sets the record straight.
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With 15m views and counting, Aseem Malhotra's BBC appearance is set to be one of the most viewed BBC clips of the year. Does it herald a change in approach from the broadcaster, or did someone just not do their homework?
Andrew Bridgen is right to raise the issue of vaccine harms, but the way he did it has given the Covid censors an easy target.
Dr Paul Offit, a member of the FDA's vaccine advisory committee, has written in the New England Journal of Medicine, the world's top medical journal, calling for the end of boosters for anyone at low risk from the virus.
Despite having third, fourth and fifth vaccination rates of 91%, 83%, and 56%, respectively, Japan's Covid death toll has never been higher, and many of the deaths are heart related, baffling the country's experts.
Five senior Swedish doctors are raising the alert about the Covid vaccines, which they call "obviously dangerous", and say there should be an "immediate halt" to the mass vaccination pending a full investigation.
As 2022 ends, the BBC raises concern about the number of deaths and suggests what's behind them. However, ascertainment of causation requires serious work, not headline bait, write Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
The ONS data on deaths by vaccination status are so flawed that they can be interpreted as telling everyone on all sides of the debate what they want to hear, say Nick Rendell and David Hawkins.
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