March 22, 2023

Fact check by : Science Feedback (USA)

Article translation and editing : Adisorn Suksamat

Review and proofreading : Kom Thanon Sukchasakul

Fake News Types: Misleading

Summary:

There is much evidence that the excess deaths over the past two years have been attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not a vaccine as claimed

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Disinformation circulated on a podcast in the United States when Edward Dowd, author of Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022, revealed that sudden adult death syndrome (SADS) ) has been a widespread symptom since the 2021 COVID-19 vaccination campaign, thus causing the excess death rate in the US. There has been a significant increase over the past 2 years. Due to the current COVID-19 virus The severity of the pathogenesis was greatly reduced.

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on the They Lied, People Died site at Edward Dowd used it to promote his own anti-vaccine book. Has shown a graph of excess mortality data for the population aged 25-44 years in the US between 2021-2022, stating that every time an excess death is found. It will be during the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. and always a booster vaccine

A graph that claims vaccines are contributing to the rise in excess deaths among U.S. young adults.

However, when comparing this graph to the graph of COVID-19 mortality reports from Our World in Data website, we find that the excess death rate versus the COVID-19 death rate. very consistent Especially during the Delta virus outbreak in 2021 and the Omicron virus outbreak in early 2022.

A graph that confirms the excess death rate among young adults in the US. from the spread of the COVID-19 virus

So it can be concluded that The excess deaths in the past two years have been attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not a vaccine as claimed

If vaccines were to account for the increase in excess deaths among the 25-44 population, as Edward Dowd claims, there would be a significant excess of deaths among young people between January and September. May 2021, when vaccination rates among young Americans are highest.

More than 50% of the population of Americans aged 25-49 received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the US National Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as of mid-May 2021. and received more than 40% of the two doses of the vaccine. During the same period, the excess mortality rate among the 25-44-year-old population was lower than that of the pre-vaccination period.

part claiming It's not true that the booster vaccination campaign has led to an increase in excess deaths among young people between September and December 2021. Because the real reason is because the aforementioned period was when the Delta virus strain, which was more virulent than the former strain, was spreading. It was also found to infect more young people than any other strain. Only 10% of Americans ages 25 to 49 have received a booster vaccine, confirming that booster vaccines are not the cause of the increase in excess deaths in the US.

Steven Wolff, Director Emeritus Center for Social and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University COVID-19 Vaccine Is the reason for the increase in excess deaths Only excess deaths in the vaccinated and non-vaccinated populations need to be compared.

There is also a lot of evidence that confirms that COVID-19 Vaccine There was no correlation with increased excess mortality.

in the COVID-19 vaccine trial with tens of thousands of volunteers There were no abnormal deaths after vaccination.

The CDC report found death data for each US state. show the corresponding information that In states with large populations of complete vaccination, The death rate will be low. States with a small number of vaccinated populations The death rate is higher.

Graph comparing excess mortality rate and vaccination risk of COVID-19

Between Republican-sponsored states and Democratic-sponsored states

Likewise, a study by the medical journal JAMA Network found that in the 10 states with the lowest vaccination rates, There will be a significantly higher surplus mortality rate. This compared with the 10 states with the highest vaccination rates.

part claiming Sudden death from atrial fibrillation, or SADS, was discovered after the COVID-19 vaccine campaign. This is not true because SADS is caused by a genetic disorder and affects the electrical system that controls the heartbeat. It is a disease that was discovered in the 1990's but only became more widely discussed in the past 2021.

Source: Thai News Agency