💉 Posts that claim a study found mRNA coronavirus vaccines had 'no effect on overall mortality' in clinical trials are misleading. The research confirmed the shots prevented Covid-19 deaths
The authors analyzed clinical trial data and found the Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca and Sputnik V shots were more effective at preventing overall mortality than messenger RNA jabs from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. But the posts shared online give a misleading impression of
the research, which looked at how well different vaccines protect against all causes of death -- not just Covid-19., a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security."What they are seeing is a non-specific effect on mortality -- above and beyond protection against Covid-19 -- with the adenovirus vector vaccines."
He said in a May 15 email that the paper"is based on a hypothesis that certain vaccines may stimulate immunity and protect against mortality from other causes." Kate Grusich, a spokesperson for the US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention , told AFP real-world data indicate the Covid-19 vaccines"provide substantial and durable protection against critical outcomes from Covid-19, including needing to be placed on a ventilator or death.
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